The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today that in 2006:–Employed persons worked 7.6 hours on average on the days that they
worked. They worked more hours on weekdays than on weekend days–
8.0 versus 5.4 hours.–On the days that they worked, employed men worked about an hour more
than employed women–8.0 versus 7.1 hours.–On the days that they worked, 21 percent of employed persons did some
or all of their work at home and 86 percent did some or all of their
work at their workplace.–On an average day (which includes weekends), persons ages 15 to 19
spent 3.3 hours engaged in educational activities, more than quadruple
the amount of time spent by individuals in any other age group.
The complete report (numerous tables) can be found here.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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