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Women's average hours worked per week: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Women's 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: 36 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 37.7
RI 35.5
DE 36.6
CT 35.3
NJ 35.7
MD 36.6
MA 35.6
VT 35.7
NH 35.8

Lowest: 33.3 to 35.6
Group 2: 35.6 to 35.8
Group 3: 35.8 to 36.2
Group 4: 36.2 to 36.5
Highest: 36.5 to 37.7

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	District of Columbia	37.7
2	Nevada	36.9
2	South Dakota	36.9
2	Texas	36.9
5	Florida	36.8
5	Louisiana	36.8
7	Alaska	36.6
7	Delaware	36.6
7	Georgia	36.6
7	Maryland	36.6
11	Virginia	36.5
12	Missouri	36.4
12	Oklahoma	36.4
12	Tennessee	36.4
15	Arizona	36.3
15	Arkansas	36.3
17	Hawaii	36.2
17	Mississippi	36.2
17	Nebraska	36.2
17	North Carolina	36.2
17	Wyoming	36.2
22	Alabama	36
22	Colorado	36
22	Kansas	36
22	Kentucky	36
22	Pennsylvania	36
27	Illinois	35.9
27	New Mexico	35.9
27	South Carolina	35.9
30	New Hampshire	35.8
30	West Virginia	35.8
32	Indiana	35.7
32	Iowa	35.7
32	New Jersey	35.7
32	New York	35.7
32	North Dakota	35.7
32	Ohio	35.7
32	Vermont	35.7
39	California	35.6
39	Massachusetts	35.6
39	Minnesota	35.6
42	Rhode Island	35.5
42	Washington	35.5
42	Wisconsin	35.5
45	Connecticut	35.3
45	Maine	35.3
47	Oregon	35.2
48	Michigan	35
49	Montana	34.5
50	Idaho	34.3
51	Utah	33.3

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 women's 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-womens-average-hours-worked-per-week/

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