2024 American Time Use Survey — 2025-06-26

In 2024, 87 percent of full-time employed people worked on an average weekday, compared with 29 percent on an average weekend day, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Full-time employed people averaged 8.4 hours of work on weekdays they worked, and 5.6 hours on weekend days they worked. These and other results from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) were released today. They include the average amount of time per day in 2024 that individuals worked, did household activities, and engaged in leisure and sports activities. Additionally, measures of the average time per day spent providing childcare--both as a primary (or main) activity and while doing other things are provided. For a detailed description of ATUS data and methodology, see the Technical Note. --On days they worked, full-time employed people worked an average of 8.1 hours. They worked 8.4 hours on an average weekday and 5.6 hours on an average weekend day.