New report ranks hardest-working states

Casandra Lugo, proper, and Josefina Ornelas work within the Mexican restaurant Los Saguaros on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford Metropolis, North Dakota. A drilling increase made McKenzie County, the place Watford Metropolis is positioned, the quickest rising county within the U.S. over the previous decade, in response to the 2020 census.

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In 2021, People labored a mean of 1,791 hours — or 34.44 hours weekly — rating the nation at No. 12 for the quantity of hours labored worldwide. Compiling information from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and different organizations, WalletHub launched a report rating the hardest-working states within the U.S.

Methodology: The report compiled information from a number of components, similar to common workweek hours, employment charge, idle youth charge, leisure time, and volunteer efforts. The report additionally weighs in components similar to commute time and quantity of individuals with a number of jobs.

Common workweek hours: Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota, Texas, and Louisiana had been the states with the longest common work weeks, respectively. On the opposite aspect, the states with the shortest work weeks had been Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon, and Rhode Island, and coming in final with the nation’s shortest common work week is Utah.

Employment charge: Though Utah could have the shortest work week, it ranks No. 2 within the nation for common employment charge, following Nebraska. The next states are South Dakota, Kansas, and Montana. The states with the bottom employment charges are Alaska, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, and California.

Rankings: Based mostly on WalletHub’s standards, listed here are all 50 U.S. states ranked from hardest working to least.

1. North Dakota.
2. Alaska.
3. Nebraska.
4. South Dakota.
5. Texas.
6. Virginia.
7. Oklahoma.
8. Kansas.
9. New Hampshire.
10. Wyoming.
11. Georgia.
12. Colorado.
13. Tennessee.
14. Maryland.
15. Hawaii.
16. Utah.
17. Indiana.
18. Minnesota.
19. Alabama.
20. Arkansas.
21. Louisiana.
22. Iowa.
23. Mississippi.
24. Wisconsin.
25. Idaho.
26. Vermont.
27. North Carolina.
28. South Carolina.
29. Missouri.
30. Maine.
31. Montana.
32. Kentucky.
33. Arizona.
34. Washington.
35. Florida.
36. Delaware.
37. Nevada.
38. Pennsylvania.
39. Illinois.
40. California.
41. Oregon.
42. Ohio.
43. New Jersey.
44. Massachusetts.
45. Connecticut.
46. West Virginia.
47. Michigan.
48. New York.
49. Rhode Island.
50. New Mexico.