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Average hours worked per week: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Average hours worked per week. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Usual hours worked per week by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-11

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National value: 38.2 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 39
RI 37.4
DE 38
CT 37.6
NJ 37.8
MD 38.2
MA 37.6
VT 37.5
NH 38.3

Lowest: 36.7 to 37.7
Group 2: 37.7 to 38.1
Group 3: 38.1 to 38.4
Group 4: 38.4 to 38.7
Highest: 38.7 to 40.8

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Alaska	40.8
2	Louisiana	39.5
2	South Dakota	39.5
4	North Dakota	39.4
4	Wyoming	39.4
6	Texas	39.3
7	District of Columbia	39
7	Oklahoma	39
9	Mississippi	38.8
10	Georgia	38.7
10	Tennessee	38.7
12	Arkansas	38.6
12	Nebraska	38.6
14	Florida	38.5
14	Missouri	38.5
14	Nevada	38.5
14	Virginia	38.5
14	West Virginia	38.5
19	Alabama	38.4
19	Kansas	38.4
19	North Carolina	38.4
22	Kentucky	38.3
22	New Hampshire	38.3
24	Arizona	38.2
24	Colorado	38.2
24	Maryland	38.2
24	New Mexico	38.2
24	Pennsylvania	38.2
24	South Carolina	38.2
30	Hawaii	38.1
30	Indiana	38.1
30	Iowa	38.1
33	Delaware	38
33	Illinois	38
35	Ohio	37.9
35	Wisconsin	37.9
37	New Jersey	37.8
37	Washington	37.8
39	Idaho	37.7
39	Maine	37.7
39	Minnesota	37.7
39	Montana	37.7
43	Connecticut	37.6
43	Massachusetts	37.6
43	Michigan	37.6
43	New York	37.6
47	California	37.5
47	Vermont	37.5
49	Rhode Island	37.4
50	Oregon	37.2
51	Utah	36.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B23020: Mean usual hours worked in the past 12 months for workers 16 to 64 years. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by average hours worked per week (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B23020: Mean usual hours worked in the past 12 months for workers 16 to 64 years; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-hours-worked-per-week/

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