The average workweek for all of those surveyed increased during that period to 56.35 hours, from 55.59.

The average workweek, according to the survey, is 54 hours.

Today the average workweek is 40 hours, with a much higher standard of living.

When new agreements already signed take effect next year, the average workweek for union members will drop to 38.2 hours.

Also, the average workweek in the private sector fell by 12 minutes.

He projects that by the middle of the next century, the average workweek in America will be shorter than 28 hours.

The average workweek fell to 34 hours, from 34.3, matching a record low.

And because the average workweek shrank a bit, the total number of hours worked actually fell last month.

This pattern needs four teams for full coverage, and makes an average 42-hour workweek.

Businesses also trimmed the number of hours in an average workweek to 33.7 from 33.8.