The 2024 American Time Use Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that 87% of full-time employed Americans worked on an average weekday, spending about 8.4 hours on work, compared to 29% working on weekends. The data also shows that people devoted 2 hours daily to household activities and 1.45 hours to caring for household children or parents. Additionally, "Among married-couple families with children (under age 18), 97.6 percent had at least one employed parent in 2023, and in 67.0 percent of these families both parents were employed." These findings offer insight into how Americans balance work, caregiving, and home responsibilities in their daily lives.
How Americans Spend their Time
Jeff Graber
Source Title:
American Time Use Survey Summary
Source Category:
Governmental
Source Format:
Report
Publication Title:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publication Date:
June 26, 2025
Publisher:
United States Department of Labor
Place Published:
Washington, D.C.
Accessed:
2025-07-11
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