The Economics Daily

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Economics Daily article is available here: https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/in-2024-87-percent-of-full-time-employed-people-worked-on-an-average-weekday.htm. Highlights are below. In 2024, 87 percent of full-time employed people worked on an average weekday 07/31/2025 In 2024, 87 percent of full-time employed people worked on an average weekday, compared with 29 percent on an average weekend day. Full-time employed people averaged 8.4 hours of work on weekdays they worked, and 5.6 hours on weekend days they worked. HTML

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