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The number of hours worked by fulltime employees in the United States each week steadily dropped from 44.1 in 2019 to 44.1 in 2024.
This decline has been greater for workers younger than 35. Older employees have seen an average reduction of just under one hour per person per week, while younger employees have reduced their hours by nearly two hours. Over a year, that’s the equivalent of older employees taking an extra week off work and younger employees taking two weeks.
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Alan Goforth
Alan Goforth is a freelance writer in suburban Kansas City. In addition to freelancing for several publications, he has written a dozen books about sports and other topics.
