Work Hours

Average hours worked per day at main job only by employed persons on weekdays and weekend days by occupation, 2004 annual averages

Occupation	Average day		Average weekday		Average Sat., Sun., and holiday
Occupation	Percent	Hours	Percent	Hours	Percent	Hours
Management, business, and financial operations	75.5	7.72	91.7	8.15	33.3	4.64
Professional and related	67.5	7.53	83.0	7.90	28.7	4.83
Services	60.5	7.04	68.5	7.10	40.8	6.82
Sales and related	66.8	7.04	77.4	7.36	42.3	5.70
Office and administrative support	64.5	7.23	85.5	7.40	18.3	5.50
Farming, fishing, and forestry	-	-	-	-	-	-
Construction and extraction	67.6	8.10	90.3	8.32	19.3	5.95
Installation, maintenance, and repair	68.9	7.83	88.8	8.00	-	-
Production	66.5	8.28	84.6	8.45	26.1	7.01
Transportation and material moving	66.1	8.17	85.0	8.42	33.6	7.09

source: American Time Use Survey; about this section