PAE hours table
The average worker worked more hours per week and more weeks per year in 2016 than in 1979, but almost all of this increase was because women, not men, worked more: Average annual hours worked, and changes in hours worked, weeks worked, and weekly hours, adults ages 25–54, 1979–2016
| Average annual hours | Percent change, 1979–2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2016 | Annual hours | Weeks worked | Weekly hours | |
| Panel A: Prime-age earners, by gender | |||||
| All | 1,817.0 | 1,976.8 | 8.8% | 6.4% | 2.2% |
| Men | 2,088.5 | 2,104.8 | 0.8% | 1.9% | -1.1% |
| Women | 1,518.3 | 1,840.8 | 21.2% | 12.7% | 7.6% |
| Panel B: Prime-age earners, by gender and race/ethnicity | |||||
| White men | 2,122.3 | 2,155.2 | 1.6% | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| Black men | 1,911.7 | 1,983.0 | 3.7% | 3.7% | 0.0% |
| Hispanic men | 1,965.0 | 2,047.4 | 4.2% | 4.6% | -0.4% |
| White women | 1,504.6 | 1,853.5 | 23.2% | 13.2% | 8.9% |
| Black women | 1,617.1 | 1,845.3 | 14.1% | 9.6% | 4.1% |
| Hispanic women | 1,508.3 | 1,796.2 | 19.1% | 16.7% | 2.0% |
Source: Wilson and Jones (2018).
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