# Time spent working, hours per day in United States

Time spent working, hours per day in United States was 3.03 hours per day in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `time_use_working_hours_per_day`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: hours per day
- Definition: Average hours per day that people aged 15 and over in the United States spent working as their main activity, from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series TUU10101AA01002857, activity code 050100). The average covers every day of the week and everyone in the population, including people who did not do the activity that day. The tasks of a main or other job, wherever and whenever they are done. Work-related activities, other income-generating activities, job search and travel to and from work are excluded. The average includes people without a job, so it is far below the hours of people who work.
- Note: Only primary activities count: something done at the same time as another activity, such as watching TV while eating, is counted once, under the main activity. The population is people aged 15 and over living in households (the civilian noninstitutional population). United States only.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey: average hours per day working, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01002857, activity 050100) (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day working, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01002857, activity 050100). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-working/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=time_use_working_hours_per_day&place=us

| Period | hours per day |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3.03 |
| 2024 | 3.13 |
| 2023 | 3.26 |
| 2022 | 3.23 |
| 2021 | 3.22 |
| 2019 | 3.26 |
| 2018 | 3.23 |
| 2017 | 3.23 |
| 2016 | 3.28 |
| 2015 | 3.19 |
| 2014 | 3.25 |
| 2013 | 3.14 |
| 2012 | 3.19 |
| 2011 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 3.14 |
| 2009 | 3.18 |
| 2008 | 3.38 |
| 2007 | 3.47 |
| 2006 | 3.4 |
| 2005 | 3.36 |
| 2004 | 3.33 |
| 2003 | 3.33 |