The 2017 American Time Use Survey (ATUS), an annual government report issued by the Census Bureau that tabulates the various activities U.S. workers engage in during any given day, reveals that the average number of hours of work by persons employed in 2017 – both full-time employed (FTE) and part-time employed (PTE) – was essentially the same as the total reported for the previous year, with a few minor variations.
The Census Bureau conducts the ATUS on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the purpose of tracking the number of hours Americans spend in twelve different daily activities, including working and work-related activities. The “working and work-related activity” category is further broken down by gender, education level, occupation, earnings, childcare, and teleworking.
The complete results for the 2017 ATUS are available on the BLS website.
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