American Time Use Survey News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Thursday, June 25, 2026	                                   USDL-26-1022

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                           AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY - 2025 RESULTS


In 2025, 35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home on days they worked,
and 70 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at their workplace, the U.S. 
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

These and other results from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) were released today. They include
the average amount of time per day in 2025 that individuals worked, did household activities, and
engaged in leisure and sports activities. Additionally, measures of the average time per day spent
providing childcare--both as a primary (or main) activity and while doing other things are provided.
For a detailed description of ATUS data and methodology, see the Technical Note.

Working (by Employed People) in 2025

 --On days they worked, full-time employed people worked an average of 8.1 hours. They worked 8.5
   hours on an average weekday and 5.5 hours on an average weekend day. (See table 4.)

 --Many more people worked on weekdays than on weekend days: 81 percent of employed people worked
   on an average weekday, compared with 30 percent on an average weekend day. (See table 4.)

 --Among those who worked on an average weekend day, those with lower levels of education worked
   more hours than those with a bachelor's degree or higher. On weekend days they worked, high
   school graduates with no college spent 6.4 hours working, compared with 4.0 hours for those with 
   a bachelor's degree or higher. (See table 4.)

 --On days they worked, 35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home and 70
   percent of employed people did some or all of their work at their workplace. Employed women (38
   percent) were more likely to work at home than employed men (31 percent). (See table 6.)

 --Among workers age 25 and over, those with higher levels of education were more likely to work at
   home than were those who had less education. Fifty-one percent of employed people with a 
   bachelor's degree or higher performed some work at home on days worked, compared with 19 percent
   of those with a high school diploma and no college. Workers with a bachelor's degree or higher
   were also more likely to work on an average day than were those with a high school diploma and
   no college--72 percent, compared with 63 percent. (See table 6.)

Household Activities in 2025

 --On an average day, 81 percent of people engaged in household activities--such as housework,
   cooking, lawn care, or household management--spending about 2 hours on these activities.
   (See table 1.)

 --Eighty-seven percent of women and 75 percent of men spent some time doing household activities
   on an average day. On the days they did household activities, women spent an average of 2.8
   hours on these activities, while men spent 2.1 hours doing so. (See table 1.)

 --Time spent doing household activities increased with age. On an average day, individuals ages 15
   to 19 spent 43 minutes engaged in household activities, while those age 65 and over spent 2.7
   hours doing so. (See table 3.) 

 --Among adults living with children under age 18, those who were not employed spent over an hour
   more than those who were employed doing household activities on an average day--3.1 hours
   compared to 1.7 hours. (See tables 8B and 8C.) 

 --More people engaged in housework on weekend days than on weekdays, on average--40 percent,
   compared with 35 percent. However, people were slightly more likely to do food preparation and
   cleanup on weekdays than weekend days--66 percent, compared to 63 percent. (See table 2.)

Leisure and Sports Activities in 2025

 --Nearly everyone age 15 and over (95 percent) engaged in some sort of leisure and sport activity,
   such as watching TV, socializing, or exercising on an average day. Men were slightly more likely
   to engage in leisure and sports activities than women (96 percent compared with 94 percent) and
   also spent more time in these activities than did women (5.6 hours, compared with 4.8 hours).
   (See table 1.)

 --On average, adults age 75 and over spent 7.4 hours engaged in leisure and sports activities per
   day--more than any other age group. Those ages 35 to 44 averaged 3.9 hours doing leisure and
   sports activities per day--less than all other age groups. (See table 11A.) 

 --Watching TV was the leisure and sports activity that occupied the most time (2.6 hours per day),
   accounting for half of all leisure time, on average (5.2 hours). (See table 1 and table 11A.) 

 --People were less likely to engage in socializing and communicating on an average day in 2025
   than in 2015--30 percent compared with 38 percent. They also spent less time in these activities
   in 2025 than in 2015--35 minutes compared with 41 minutes. (See tables 1 and 11A.)

 --Individuals spent more time playing games or using a computer on an average day in 2025 than
   they did in 2015 (37 minutes compared with 25 minutes). This includes time spent playing board
   games, video games, using social media, and other computer activities done for leisure.
   Individuals ages 15 to 19 spent 1.5 hours playing games or using a computer for leisure on an
   average day in 2025, more than any other age group. (See table 11A.)

 --Employed adults living in households with no children under age 18 engaged in leisure and sports
   activities for 4.5 hours per day, over an hour more than did employed adults living with a child
   under age 6 (3.2 hours). (See table 8B.)

Care of Household Children in 2025

 --Adults living in households with children under age 6 spent an average of 2.3 hours per day
   providing primary childcare to household children. Adults living in households where the
   youngest child was between the ages of 6 and 17 spent one-third as much time providing
   primary childcare to household children--47 minutes per day. Primary childcare is childcare that
   is done as a main activity, such as providing physical care or reading to children.
   (See table 9.)

 --On an average day, among adults living in households with children under age 6, women spent an
   hour more than men providing primary childcare to household children--2.8 hours compared to 1.7
   hours. This includes providing physical care, such as bathing or feeding a child (1.3 hours
   compared to 38 minutes) and travel related to care of household children (16 minutes compared to
   10 minutes), among other activities. (See table 9.)

 --On average, among adults living with children under age 6, those who were not employed spent
   over an hour more per day caring for and helping household children than did employed adults--3.3
   hours versus 1.7 hours. (See tables 8B and 8C.)

 --Adults living in households with at least one child under age 13 spent an average of 5.1 hours
   per day providing secondary childcare--that is, they had at least one child in their care while   
   doing activities other than primary childcare. Secondary childcare provided by adults living in
   households with children under age 13 was most commonly provided while doing leisure activities
   (1.9 hours) or household activities (1.2 hours). (See table 10.)

 --Adults living in households with children under age 6 spent more time providing primary
   childcare on an average weekday than weekend day (2.4 hours and 2.0 hours). However, they spent
   less time providing secondary childcare on weekdays (4.2 hours) than on weekend days
   (7.7 hours). (See tables 9 and 10.)

Additional Data 

ATUS 2025 data files are available for users to do their own tabulations and analyses. In
accordance with BLS and Census Bureau policies that protect the privacy of survey respondents,
personally identifying information does not appear on the data files. The 2025 data files are
available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/tus/data.htm.


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| Some agencies of the federal government--including the Bureau of Labor Statistics--were    |
| shut down or operating at reduced staffing levels from October 1, 2025 through November    |
| 12, 2025.                                                                                  |
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| All American Time Use Survey (ATUS) operations were suspended from October 1 through       |
| November 12. No call attempts were made and no interviews were completed during the        |
| shutdown. Because ATUS interviews are conducted every day and collect time diaries about   |
| "yesterday"--that is, the day prior to the interview day--there are no ATUS data for       |
| September 30 through November 11. Data collection resumed on November 13.                  |
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| The shutdown primarily affected ATUS data for the fourth quarter of 2025, as nearly all of |
| the missing time diaries were in this period. ATUS estimates included in this news release |
| have been weighted such that the time diaries for November 12 through December 30          |
| represent all days in the quarter, including those missing because of the shutdown. For    |
| information on the ATUS weights, please see the Technical Note.                            |
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| It is possible that ATUS estimates for 2025 or for the fourth quarter of 2025 could have   |
| been affected by the loss of data due to the shutdown. If people's time use in October and |
| early November 2025 differed from their time use in the remainder of the year, ATUS        |
| estimates would fail to account for this difference. For example, people who were affected |
| by the shutdown may have modified how they spent their time, but the estimates would not   |
| capture this. Any seasonal differences in activities between these periods could also      |
| affect the estimates, although ATUS data historically have exhibited minimal seasonality.  |
| It is not possible to quantify the effect of the shutdown on the ATUS estimates.           |
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| www.bls.gov/tus/notices/2026/october2025shutdown.htm.                                      |
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Technical Note

The estimates in this news release are based on annual average data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS).
The ATUS, which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is a
continuous survey about how individuals age 15 and over spend their time.

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relay services. 

Survey methodology

Data collection for the ATUS began in January 2003. Sample cases for the survey are selected monthly, and
interviews are conducted continuously throughout the year. In 2025, approximately 6,100 individuals were 
interviewed. Estimates are released annually.

ATUS sample households are chosen from the households that completed their eighth (final) interview for the
Current Population Survey (CPS), the nation's monthly household labor force survey. ATUS sample households are
selected to ensure that estimates will be nationally representative.

One individual age 15 or over is randomly chosen from each sampled household. This "designated person" is
interviewed by telephone once about his or her activities on the day before the interview--the "diary day."

All ATUS interviews are conducted using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing. Procedures are in place to 
collect information from the small number of households that did not provide a telephone number during the CPS 
interview.

ATUS designated people are preassigned a day of the week about which to report. Preassignment is designed to
reduce variability in response rates across the week and to allow oversampling of weekend days so that accurate
weekend day measures can be developed. Interviews occur on the day following the assigned day. For example, a person
assigned to report about a Monday would be contacted on the following Tuesday. Ten percent of designated people
are assigned to report about each of the five weekdays. Twenty-five percent are assigned to report about each 
weekend day. Households are called for up to 8 consecutive weeks (for example, 8 Tuesdays) in order to secure an
interview.

About the questionnaire

In the time diary portion of the ATUS interview, survey respondents sequentially report activities they did
between 4 a.m. on the day before the interview until 4 a.m. on the day of the interview. For each activity,
respondents are asked how long the activity lasted. For activities other than personal care activities (such as
sleeping and grooming), interviewers also ask respondents where they were and who was in the room with them
(if at home) or who accompanied them (if away from home). If respondents report doing more than one activity at
a time, they are asked to identify which one was the "main" (primary) activity. If none can be identified, then
the interviewer records the first activity mentioned. After completing the time diary, interviewers ask respondents
additional questions to clearly identify work, volunteering, eldercare, and secondary childcare activities.
Secondary childcare is defined as having a child under age 13 in one's care while doing other activities.

In addition, the ATUS includes an update of the household composition from the last CPS interview (2 to 5 months
prior to the ATUS interview), the labor force status of the respondent, and the employment status of his or her 
spouse or unmarried partner.  For respondents who became employed or changed jobs between the last CPS interview 
and the ATUS interview, information also is collected on industry, occupation, class of worker, and earnings. 
Finally, a question about current school enrollment status is asked of all respondents ages 15 to 49.

After completing the interview, primary activity descriptions are assigned a single 6-digit code using the ATUS 
Coding Lexicon. The 3-tier coding system consists of 17 major activity categories, each with multiple second- and 
third-tier subcategories. These coding lexicon categories are then combined into composite categories for publication,
such as in this news release. Descriptions of categories shown in this release can be found in the Major activity
category definitions section of this Technical Note. The ATUS Coding Lexicon can be accessed at 
www.bls.gov/tus/lexicons.htm.

Because of the complexity of coding everyday activities into narrowly defined lexicon categories, coders use a
comprehensive set of rules to guide their decisions. In order to capture useful and detailed information, travel
activities are coded according to the purpose of travel. For more information about coding travel, see Exhibit 5.1 
of the ATUS User's Guide at www.bls.gov/tus/atususersguide.pdf.

Concepts and definitions

Average day. The average day measure reflects an average distribution across all people in the reference
population and all days of the week. The ATUS collects data about daily activities from all segments of the
population age 15 and over, including people who are employed and not employed. Activity profiles differ
based upon age, employment status, sex, and other characteristics. For example, in 2025, people in the United
States age 15 and over spent 3.0 hours per day working. By comparison, on an average weekday they worked,
full-time employed people spent 8.5 hours working. Many activities typically are not done on a daily basis,
and some activities only are done by a subset of the population.

Average hours per day. The average number of hours spent in a 24-hour day (between 4 a.m. on the diary day and
4 a.m. on the interview day) doing a specified activity.

	--Average hours per day, population. The average number of hours per day is computed using all responses
from a given sample of the population, including those of respondents who did not do a particular activity on their
diary day. These estimates reflect how many people engaged in an activity and the amount of time they spent doing it.

	--Average hours per day, people who did the activity. The average number of hours per day is computed
using only responses from those who engaged in a particular activity on their diary day.

Diary day. The diary day is the day about which the respondent reports. For example, the diary day of a respondent
interviewed on Tuesday is the preceding Monday.

Earnings

	--Usual weekly earnings. Estimates represent the earnings of full-time wage and salary workers with one
job only (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed are excluded), before taxes and other deductions.
They include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received. Usual weekly earnings are updated in the 
ATUS for about 40 percent of wage and salary workers--if the respondent changed jobs or employment status between 
the CPS and ATUS interviews, or if the CPS weekly earnings value was imputed. This means that the earnings
information could be out of date because the CPS interview was done 2 to 5 months prior to the ATUS interview.
Respondents are asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice
monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a
basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is as perceived by the respondent.
If the respondent asks for a definition of usual, interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than
half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months.

	--Weekly earnings quartiles. The ranges used for the quartiles represent approximately 25 percent of
full-time wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed are excluded) who held 
only one job. For example, 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers with one job only had weekly earnings
of $840 or less in 2025. These dollar values vary from year to year.

Employment status

	--Employed. All people who:

1) At any time during the 7 days prior to the interview did any work at all as paid employees, or worked
in their own business or profession or on their own farm; or 

2) Were not working during the 7 days prior to the interview but had jobs or businesses from which they
were temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather, vacation, childcare problems, labor-management
disputes, maternity or paternity leave, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not 
they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs; or

3) Usually worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in a family-operated enterprise.

	--Employed full time. Full-time workers are those who usually worked 35 or more hours per week
at all jobs combined.

	--Employed part time. Part-time workers are those who usually worked fewer than 35 hours per week
at all jobs combined.

	--Not employed. People are not employed if they do not meet the conditions for employment. Those
who are not employed include individuals classified as unemployed as well as those classified as not in
the labor force (using CPS definitions).

The numbers of employed and not employed people in this release do not correspond to published totals
from the CPS for several reasons. First, the reference population for the ATUS is age 15 and over,
whereas it is age 16 and over for the CPS. Second, ATUS data are collected continuously, the employment
reference period being the 7 days prior to the interview. By contrast, CPS data are usually collected
during the week including the 19th of the month and generally refer to employment during the week
containing the 12th of the month. Finally, the CPS accepts answers from household members about other
household members whereas such proxy responses are not allowed in the ATUS. While the information on 
employment from the ATUS is useful for assessing work in the context of other daily activities, the
employment data are not intended for analysis of current employment trends. Compared with the CPS and
other estimates of employment, the ATUS estimates are based on a much smaller sample and are only
available with a substantial lag since ATUS data and estimates are published during the year following
data collection.

Household children. Household children are children under age 18 residing in the household of the ATUS
respondent. The children may be related to the respondent (such as his or her own children, grandchildren,
nieces or nephews, or brothers or sisters) or not related (such as foster children or children of
roommates or boarders).

Primary activity. A primary activity is the main activity a respondent was doing at a specified time.
With the exception of secondary childcare in table 10, the estimates presented in this release reflect
time spent in primary activities only.

Secondary activities. A secondary (or simultaneous) activity is an activity done at the same time as
a primary activity. With the exception of the care of children under age 13, information on secondary
activities is not collected in the ATUS.

Secondary childcare. Secondary childcare is care for children under age 13 that is done while doing an
activity other than primary childcare, such as cooking dinner. Secondary childcare estimates are derived
by summing the durations of activities during which respondents had at least one child under age 13 in
their care while doing other things. The time individuals spend providing secondary childcare is 
further restricted to the time between when the first household child under age 13 woke up and when
the last household child under age 13 went to bed. It is also restricted to times the respondent was awake.
If respondents report providing both primary and secondary care at the same time, the time is attributed
to primary care only.

Weekday, weekend, and holiday estimates. Estimates for weekdays are an average of reports about Monday
through Friday, excluding holidays. Estimates for weekend days and holidays are an average of reports 
about Saturdays, Sundays, and the following holidays: New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth 
of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. 

Major activity category definitions

The following definitions describe the activity categories shown in this report. All major time-use 
categories in this release include related travel time and waiting time. For example, time spent
"driving to the stadium" and time spent "waiting to get into the stadium to play ball" are included in
Leisure and sports.

Personal care activities. Personal care activities include sleeping, grooming (such as bathing or dressing),
health-related self-care, and personal or private activities. Receiving unpaid personal care from others
(for example, "my sister put polish on my nails") also is captured in this category. In general, respondents
are not asked who they were with or where they were for personal care activities, as such information
can be sensitive.

Eating and drinking. All time spent eating or drinking (except eating and drinking done as part of a work
or volunteer activity), whether alone, with others, at home, at a place of purchase, or somewhere else, 
is classified here.

Household activities. Household activities are activities done by individuals to maintain their households.
These include housework; cooking; lawn and garden care; pet care; vehicle maintenance and repair; home 
maintenance, repair, decoration, and renovation; and household management and organizational activities 
(such as filling out paperwork or planning a party). Food preparation, whether or not reported as done 
specifically for another household member, is always classified as a household activity unless it was done
as a volunteer, work, or income-generating activity. For example, "making breakfast for my son" is coded 
as a household activity, not as childcare.

Purchasing goods and services. This category includes time spent purchasing consumer goods, professional
and personal care services, household services, and government services. Consumer purchases include most
purchases and rentals of consumer goods, regardless of the mode or place of purchase or rental (in person,
online, via telephone, at home, or in a store). Gasoline, grocery, other food purchases, and all other
shopping are further broken out in subcategories.

Time spent obtaining, receiving, and purchasing professional and personal care services provided by 
someone else also is classified in this category. Professional services include childcare, financial 
services and banking, legal services, medical and adult care services, real estate services, and 
veterinary services. Personal care services include day spas, hair salons and barbershops, nail salons,
and tanning salons. Activities classified here include time spent paying, meeting with, or talking to
service providers, as well as time spent receiving the service or waiting to receive the service.

Time spent arranging for and purchasing household services provided by someone else also is classified here.
Household services include housecleaning; cooking; lawn care and landscaping; pet care; tailoring, laundering,
and dry cleaning; vehicle maintenance and repairs; and home repairs, maintenance, and construction.

This category also captures the time spent obtaining government services--such as applying for food
assistance and purchasing government-required licenses or paying fines or fees.

Caring for and helping household members. Time spent doing activities to care for or help any child 
(under age 18) or adult in the household, regardless of relationship to the respondent or the physical 
or mental health status of the person being helped, is classified here. Caring for and helping activities
for household children and adults are coded separately in subcategories.

Primary childcare activities include time spent providing physical care; playing with children; reading
with children; assisting with homework; attending children's events; taking care of children's health 
needs; and dropping off, picking up, and waiting for children. Passive childcare done as a primary 
activity (such as "keeping an eye on my son while he swam in the pool") also is included. A child's
presence during the activity is not enough in itself to classify the activity as childcare. For example, 
"watching television with my child" is coded as a leisure activity, not as childcare.

Secondary childcare occurs when people have a child under age 13 "in their care" while doing activities 
other than primary childcare. For a complete definition, see the Concepts and definitions section of this
Technical Note.

Caring for and helping household members also includes a range of activities done to benefit adult members
of households, such as providing physical and medical care or obtaining medical services. Doing something
as a favor for or helping another household adult does not automatically result in classification as a
helping activity. For example, a report of "helping my spouse cook dinner" is considered a household 
activity (food preparation), not a helping activity, because cooking dinner benefits the household as
a whole. By contrast, doing paperwork for another person usually benefits the individual, so a report
of "filling out an insurance application for my spouse" is considered a helping activity.

Caring for and helping nonhousehold members. This category includes time spent in activities done to 
care for or help others--both children (under age 18) and adults--who do not live in the household. When 
done for or through an organization, time spent helping nonhousehold members is classified as volunteering,
rather than as helping nonhousehold members. Care of nonhousehold children, even when done as a favor
or helping activity for another adult, is always classified as caring for and helping nonhousehold
children, not as helping another adult.

Working and work-related activities. This category includes time spent working, doing activities as
part of one's job, engaging in income-generating activities not as part of one's job, and job search
activities. "Working" includes hours spent doing the specific tasks required of one's main or other job,
regardless of location or time of day. "Work-related activities" include activities that are not obviously
work but are done as part of one's job, such as having a business lunch and playing golf with clients.
"Other income-generating activities" are those done "on the side" or under informal arrangement and are
not part of a regular job. Such activities might include selling homemade crafts, maintaining a rental 
property, or having a yard sale. These activities are those for which individuals are paid or will be paid. 

Travel time related to working and work-related activities includes time spent traveling to and from work,
as well as time spent traveling for work-related, income-generating, and job search activities.

Educational activities. Time spent taking classes for a degree or for personal interest (including attending
school virtually and taking internet or other distance-learning courses), time spent doing research and
homework, and time spent taking care of administrative tasks related to education (such as registering for
classes or obtaining a school ID) are included in this category. For high school students, before- and 
after-school extracurricular activities (except sports) also are classified as educational activities. 
Educational activities do not include time spent for classes or training received as part of a job. Time spent
helping others with their education-related activities is classified as an activity involving caring for
and helping others.

Organizational, civic, and religious activities. This category captures time spent volunteering for or 
through an organization, performing civic obligations, and participating in religious and spiritual activities.
Civic obligations include government-required duties, such as serving jury duty or appearing in court, and
activities that assist or influence government processes, such as voting or attending town hall meetings.
Religious activities include those normally associated with membership in or identification with specific
religions or denominations, such as attending religious services; participating in choirs, youth groups, 
or unpaid teaching (unless identified as volunteer activities); and engaging in personal religious practices,
such as praying.

Leisure and sports. The leisure and sports category includes time spent in sports, exercise, and recreation;
socializing and communicating; and other leisure activities. Sports, exercise, and recreation activities
include participating in--as well as attending or watching--sports, exercise, and recreational activities.
Recreational activities include yard games like croquet or horseshoes, as well as activities like billiards
and dancing. Socializing and communicating includes face-to-face social communication and hosting or 
attending social functions. Leisure activities include watching television; reading; relaxing or thinking;
playing computer, board, or card games; using a computer or the internet for personal interest; playing or
listening to music; and other activities, such as attending arts, cultural, and entertainment events.

Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail. This category captures time spent in telephone communication and household
or personal mail or e-mail. This category also includes texting and internet voice and video calling. Telephone
and internet purchases are classified in Purchasing goods and services. Telephone calls, mail, or e-mail
identified as related to work or volunteering are classified as work or volunteering.

Other activities, not elsewhere classified. This residual category includes security procedures related to
traveling, traveling not associated with a specific activity category, ambiguous activities that could not
be coded, and missing activities. Missing activities result when respondents did not remember what they did 
for a period of time, or when they considered an activity too private or personal to report. 

Processing and estimation

After ATUS data are collected, they go through an editing and imputation procedure. Responses to CPS questions
that are re-asked in the ATUS go through the regular CPS edit and imputation procedures. Some item nonresponses 
for questions unique to the ATUS (such as where an activity took place or how much time was spent doing secondary
childcare) also are imputed. Missing activities and missing values for who was present during an activity are
never imputed.

ATUS records are weighted quarterly to reduce bias in the estimates due to differences in sampling and response
rates across subpopulations and days of the week. Specifically, the data are weighted to ensure the following:

	--Weekdays represent about 5/7 of the weighted data, and weekend days represent about 2/7 of the weighted
data for the population as a whole and for selected subpopulations. The actual proportions depend on the number
of weekdays and weekend days in a given quarter.

	--The sum of the weights is equal to the number of person-days in the quarter for the population as a whole
and for selected subpopulations.

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the ATUS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the
entire population, is surveyed, estimates differ from the true population values they represent. The component
of this difference that occurs because samples differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its variability
is measured by the standard error of the estimate.

Sample estimates from a given survey design are unbiased when an average of the estimates from all possible 
samples would yield, hypothetically, the true population value. In this case, the sample estimate and its standard
error can be used to construct approximate confidence intervals, or ranges of values that include the true
population value with known probabilities. If the process of selecting a sample from the population were repeated
many times, an estimate made from each sample, and a suitable estimate of its standard error calculated for each
sample, then approximately 90 percent of the intervals from 1.645 standard errors below the estimate to 1.645 standard
errors above the estimate would include the true population value. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the
90-percent level of confidence.

The ATUS data also are affected by nonsampling error, which is the average difference between population and sample
values for samples generated by a given process. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all people in the sample, inability
or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing
of the data. Errors also could occur if nonresponse is correlated with time use.

Publication requirements

Estimates of average hours per day and participation rates are not published unless there are a minimum number
of respondents representing the given population. Additional publication criteria are applied that include the
number of respondents who reported doing a specified activity and the standard error or coefficient of variation
for the estimate. Estimates that are considered "close to zero" or that round to 0.00, are published as
approximately zero or "z". For a detailed description of the statistical reliability criteria necessary for
publication, please contact ATUS staff at ATUSinfo@bls.gov.

Table 1. Time spent in primary activities and percent of the civilian population engaging in each activity, averages per day
by sex, 2025 annual averages

Activity	Average hours per day, civilian population			Average percent engaged in the activity per day			Average hours per day for people who engaged in the activity
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total, all activities(1)	24.00	24.00	24.00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Personal care activities	9.80	9.59	10.00	99.9	99.9	100.0	9.81	9.59	10.01
Sleeping(2)	9.03	8.93	9.13	99.9	99.8	100.0	9.04	8.94	9.13
Eating and drinking	1.21	1.24	1.18	96.9	97.2	96.5	1.25	1.28	1.23
Household activities	1.99	1.58	2.38	80.9	74.9	86.7	2.46	2.11	2.75
Housework	0.56	0.30	0.81	36.1	23.8	47.9	1.55	1.25	1.69
Food preparation and cleanup	0.71	0.51	0.91	65.2	57.9	72.2	1.09	0.88	1.26
Lawn and garden care	0.19	0.26	0.13	10.0	11.2	8.9	1.90	2.29	1.43
Household management	0.17	0.12	0.22	18.6	14.4	22.6	0.92	0.82	0.99
Purchasing goods and services	0.69	0.61	0.77	39.7	36.6	42.6	1.74	1.67	1.80
Consumer goods purchases	0.30	0.26	0.35	34.8	32.3	37.2	0.87	0.79	0.93
Professional and personal care services	0.10	0.09	0.12	7.8	7.0	8.6	1.33	1.24	1.40
Caring for and helping household members	0.49	0.36	0.61	22.0	19.2	24.7	2.23	1.90	2.47
Caring for and helping household children	0.36	0.24	0.48	17.3	13.5	20.8	2.09	1.76	2.29
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	0.15	0.14	0.16	7.6	7.5	7.7	1.97	1.90	2.05
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults	0.07	0.07	0.07	5.7	6.1	5.3	1.19	1.13	1.25
Working and work-related activities	3.32	3.82	2.84	41.5	46.1	37.2	7.98	8.29	7.63
Working	3.03	3.43	2.65	39.6	43.6	35.8	7.65	7.87	7.41
Educational activities	0.44	0.41	0.47	8.5	8.1	8.9	5.17	5.12	5.21
Attending class	0.21	0.20	0.22	4.3	4.1	4.5	4.83	4.82	4.84
Homework and research	0.20	0.18	0.22	6.5	6.1	6.9	3.11	3.01	3.19
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	0.28	0.25	0.31	13.6	12.3	14.9	2.08	2.07	2.08
Religious and spiritual activities	0.13	0.11	0.15	9.4	7.7	11.0	1.41	1.40	1.41
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities)	0.12	0.11	0.12	5.3	5.2	5.4	2.18	2.20	2.16
Leisure and sports	5.16	5.58	4.76	95.1	95.8	94.4	5.43	5.83	5.04
Socializing and communicating	0.58	0.52	0.65	30.4	28.2	32.5	1.92	1.83	2.00
Watching television	2.61	2.81	2.42	74.3	75.7	73.1	3.51	3.71	3.32
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	0.34	0.43	0.26	23.4	25.7	21.1	1.47	1.66	1.25
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	0.19	0.13	0.25	19.2	15.0	23.2	1.01	0.87	1.09
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	0.27	0.28	0.27	20.4	20.1	20.8	1.32	1.37	1.28
Footnotes (1) All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions. (2) Includes naps and spells of sleeplessness.
- Not applicable. NOTE: A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included. Data refer to people 15 years and over.

Table 2. Time spent in primary activities and percent of the civilian population engaging in each
activity, averages per day on weekdays and weekends, 2025 annual averages

Activity	Average hours per day, civilian population		Average percent engaged in the activity per day		Average hours per day for people who engaged in the activity
	Weekdays	Weekends and holidays	Weekdays	Weekends and holidays	Weekdays	Weekends and holidays
Total, all activities(1)	24.00	24.00	-	-	-	-
Personal care activities	9.53	10.44	99.9	100.0	9.54	10.44
Sleeping(2)	8.76	9.68	99.9	99.9	8.77	9.69
Eating and drinking	1.16	1.33	97.0	96.5	1.20	1.38
Household activities	1.88	2.26	81.2	80.2	2.31	2.82
Housework	0.50	0.70	34.7	39.6	1.44	1.78
Food preparation and cleanup	0.70	0.74	66.2	62.9	1.06	1.18
Lawn and garden care	0.19	0.20	10.1	9.9	1.84	2.04
Household management	0.17	0.17	18.8	18.1	0.91	0.97
Purchasing goods and services	0.67	0.74	39.3	40.5	1.70	1.82
Consumer goods purchases	0.26	0.41	33.1	38.7	0.77	1.05
Professional and personal care services	0.13	0.04	10.0	2.7	1.32	1.42
Caring for and helping household members	0.53	0.41	23.0	19.8	2.29	2.06
Caring for and helping household children	0.38	0.33	18.0	15.5	2.08	2.11
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	0.15	0.16	7.2	8.7	2.07	1.80
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults	0.07	0.07	5.4	6.3	1.25	1.06
Working and work-related activities	4.26	1.11	50.8	19.8	8.38	5.62
Working	3.91	0.98	48.7	18.3	8.02	5.39
Educational activities	0.55	0.18	10.1	4.8	5.43	3.86
Attending class	0.29	0.03	5.9	0.6	4.85	4.32
Homework and research	0.22	0.15	7.5	4.2	2.98	3.64
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	0.21	0.45	11.8	17.9	1.81	2.49
Religious and spiritual activities	0.08	0.26	7.1	14.7	1.06	1.80
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities)	0.12	0.12	5.5	4.9	2.10	2.38
Leisure and sports	4.60	6.48	94.7	96.2	4.86	6.74
Socializing and communicating	0.44	0.92	28.4	35.2	1.55	2.62
Watching television	2.33	3.27	73.0	77.4	3.19	4.23
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	0.34	0.36	25.1	19.3	1.35	1.85
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	0.20	0.18	20.0	17.5	1.01	1.01
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	0.27	0.27	21.1	18.8	1.27	1.46
Footnotes (1) All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions. (2) Includes naps and spells of sleeplessness.
- Not applicable. NOTE: A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included. Data refer to people 15 years and over.

Table 3. Time spent in primary activities for the civilian population by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and
educational attainment, 2025 annual averages

Characteristic	Average hours per day spent in primary activities(1)
	Personal care activities	Eating and drinking	Household activities	Purchasing goods and services	Caring for and helping household members	Caring for and helping non- household members	Working and work- related activities	Educational activities	Organizational, civic, and religious activities	Leisure and sports	Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	Other activities, not elsewhere classified
Age and sex
Total, 15 years and over	9.80	1.21	1.99	0.69	0.49	0.15	3.32	0.44	0.28	5.16	0.19	0.27
15 to 19 years	10.93	1.18	0.71	0.38	0.07	0.06	0.71	3.45	0.51	5.66	0.18	0.16
20 to 24 years	10.44	1.13	1.37	0.62	0.41	0.07	3.85	0.88	0.19	4.67	0.17	0.21
25 to 34 years	9.82	1.13	1.58	0.59	0.79	0.04	4.58	0.42	0.13	4.50	0.11	0.29
35 to 44 years	9.40	1.16	1.98	0.72	1.23	0.09	4.83	0.09	0.17	3.89	0.12	0.32
45 to 54 years	9.49	1.22	2.18	0.66	0.51	0.27	4.70	0.03	0.25	4.30	0.17	0.23
55 to 64 years	9.67	1.19	2.18	0.75	0.16	0.24	3.83	0.04	0.28	5.21	0.19	0.26
65 to 74 years	9.63	1.27	2.74	0.88	0.13	0.25	1.14	0.03	0.46	6.90	0.31	0.28
75 years and over	9.87	1.49	2.73	0.82	0.09	0.14	0.26	(2)-	0.42	7.39	0.41	0.37
Men, 15 years and over	9.59	1.24	1.58	0.61	0.36	0.14	3.82	0.41	0.25	5.58	0.13	0.28
15 to 19 years	10.53	1.01	0.45	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.61	3.29	0.59	6.83	0.16	0.16
20 to 24 years	10.29	1.03	0.95	0.42	(3)-	(3)-	4.70	0.69	0.19	4.78	0.13	0.32
25 to 34 years	9.61	1.13	1.25	0.58	0.47	0.05	4.96	0.42	0.14	5.01	0.08	0.29
35 to 44 years	9.23	1.26	1.59	0.49	0.81	0.10	5.90	0.03	0.10	4.09	0.10	0.30
45 to 54 years	9.30	1.31	1.64	0.54	0.45	0.29	5.29	(2)-	0.23	4.67	0.08	0.20
55 to 64 years	9.44	1.24	1.89	0.71	0.16	0.15	4.12	(2)-	0.23	5.58	0.17	0.29
65 to 74 years	9.38	1.33	2.35	0.92	0.13	0.24	1.24	(3)-	0.41	7.42	0.18	0.34
75 years and over	9.72	1.60	2.17	0.89	0.12	0.16	0.39	(2)-	0.37	8.09	0.20	0.28
Women, 15 years and over	10.00	1.18	2.38	0.77	0.61	0.16	2.84	0.47	0.31	4.76	0.25	0.27
15 to 19 years	11.35	1.35	0.99	(3)-	0.11	(3)-	(3)-	3.61	(3)-	4.43	0.21	0.17
20 to 24 years	10.59	1.23	1.79	0.81	0.42	(3)-	2.99	1.07	(3)-	4.56	(3)-	0.11
25 to 34 years	10.03	1.13	1.91	0.61	1.11	0.04	4.20	0.41	0.13	3.99	0.13	0.30
35 to 44 years	9.57	1.07	2.36	0.95	1.63	0.08	3.77	0.14	0.25	3.70	0.14	0.34
45 to 54 years	9.68	1.12	2.71	0.78	0.57	0.24	4.13	(3)-	0.27	3.93	0.25	0.25
55 to 64 years	9.90	1.14	2.45	0.79	0.16	0.32	3.56	(3)-	0.33	4.86	0.20	0.23
65 to 74 years	9.86	1.21	3.09	0.84	0.12	0.26	1.04	0.01	0.50	6.43	0.42	0.22
75 years and over	9.99	1.41	3.17	0.76	0.07	0.12	0.15	(2)-	0.47	6.85	0.56	0.43
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White, 15 years and over	9.75	1.24	2.09	0.71	0.49	0.16	3.27	0.35	0.29	5.19	0.18	0.27
Men	9.55	1.29	1.64	0.64	0.33	0.16	3.79	0.38	0.26	5.57	0.12	0.27
Women	9.95	1.19	2.53	0.78	0.65	0.17	2.77	0.32	0.31	4.82	0.24	0.27
Black or African American, 15 years and over	10.02	0.91	1.42	0.67	0.40	0.11	3.62	(3)-	0.37	5.32	0.22	0.25
Men	9.55	0.92	1.13	0.52	0.42	0.07	4.06	(3)-	0.32	6.15	0.17	0.30
Women	10.43	0.89	1.67	0.80	0.39	0.15	3.25	(3)-	0.42	4.61	0.26	0.20
Asian, 15 years and over	9.68	1.62	1.87	0.57	0.76	0.06	3.48	1.03	0.14	4.23	0.22	0.35
Men	9.77	1.40	1.44	0.52	0.74	(3)-	4.05	0.85	0.14	4.60	0.13	0.30
Women	9.60	1.82	2.28	0.62	0.78	(3)-	2.94	(3)-	0.13	3.88	0.31	0.41
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 15 years and over	10.04	1.22	2.09	0.75	0.62	0.12	3.81	0.44	0.27	4.30	0.12	0.24
Men	9.91	1.21	1.51	0.74	0.34	0.09	4.62	(3)-	0.17	4.69	0.09	0.27
Women	10.17	1.22	2.67	0.76	0.90	0.14	2.99	0.53	0.36	3.91	0.14	0.20
Marital status and sex
Married, spouse present	9.51	1.31	2.23	0.75	0.73	0.18	3.57	0.10	0.31	4.86	0.14	0.30
Men	9.31	1.39	1.80	0.67	0.56	0.16	4.10	0.07	0.27	5.30	0.09	0.28
Women	9.73	1.23	2.69	0.83	0.91	0.19	3.01	0.13	0.36	4.40	0.19	0.32
Other marital statuses	10.08	1.11	1.76	0.63	0.25	0.12	3.06	0.77	0.25	5.45	0.25	0.24
Men	9.90	1.08	1.34	0.55	0.15	0.12	3.50	0.79	0.24	5.90	0.18	0.27
Women	10.24	1.14	2.11	0.71	0.34	0.13	2.69	0.76	0.27	5.08	0.31	0.22
Educational attainment, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma	10.04	1.11	2.36	0.69	0.45	0.18	2.97	(3)-	0.25	5.55	0.10	0.28
High school graduates, no college	9.89	1.15	2.27	0.66	0.41	0.18	3.06	0.05	0.21	5.68	0.20	0.25
Some college or associate degree	9.60	1.15	2.21	0.79	0.53	0.22	3.21	0.09	0.26	5.47	0.19	0.28
Bachelor's degree and higher	9.42	1.33	2.06	0.74	0.64	0.13	4.05	0.18	0.31	4.60	0.22	0.32
Bachelor's degree only	9.43	1.27	2.04	0.70	0.67	0.13	3.97	0.17	0.30	4.75	0.22	0.33
Advanced degree	9.40	1.40	2.08	0.80	0.60	0.13	4.16	0.20	0.33	4.39	0.21	0.30
Footnotes (1) All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions. (2) Estimate is approximately zero. (3) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
NOTE: A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to people 15 years and over. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

Table 4. Employed people working and time spent working on days worked by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, educational attainment, and day of week, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic	Total Employed	Employed people who worked on an average day			Employed people who worked on an average weekday			Employed people who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday
		Number	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number(1)	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number(2)	Percent of employed	Average hours of work
Full- and part-time status and sex
Total, 15 years and over(3)	167,443	109,667	65.5	7.66	134,714	80.5	8.02	50,665	30.3	5.41
Full-time workers	133,133	93,179	70.0	8.07	116,185	87.3	8.45	39,382	29.6	5.49
Part-time workers	34,310	16,488	48.1	5.36	18,625	54.3	5.42	11,306	33.0	5.11
Men(3)	89,034	58,940	66.2	7.88	72,494	81.4	8.29	27,026	30.4	5.27
Full-time workers	75,262	52,285	69.5	8.24	65,307	86.8	8.64	21,259	28.2	5.33
Part-time workers	13,773	6,655	48.3	5.07	(4)-	(4)-	5.07	(4)-	(4)-	5.09
Women(3)	78,409	50,728	64.7	7.41	62,220	79.4	7.71	23,639	30.1	5.56
Full-time workers	57,872	40,895	70.7	7.86	50,883	87.9	8.20	18,094	31.3	5.67
Part-time workers	20,537	9,833	47.9	5.56	11,514	56.1	5.63	5,486	26.7	5.14
Jobholding status
Single jobholders	151,929	97,654	64.3	7.63	121,396	79.9	7.94	41,956	27.6	5.53
Multiple jobholders	15,515	12,013	77.4	7.97	13,307	85.8	8.83	(4)-	(4)-	4.78
Educational attainment, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma	8,953	6,155	68.8	7.88	(4)-	(4)-	8.01	(4)-	(4)-	7.07
High school graduates, no college	34,852	22,043	63.2	7.97	27,987	80.3	8.23	9,752	28.0	6.40
Some college or associate degree	29,684	19,099	64.3	7.91	24,105	81.2	8.09	7,889	26.6	6.66
Bachelor's degree and higher	70,482	50,642	71.9	7.39	62,084	88.1	7.92	23,241	33.0	4.00
Bachelor's degree only	39,422	28,434	72.1	7.38	35,125	89.1	7.89	12,927	32.8	4.22
Advanced degree	31,059	22,209	71.5	7.40	26,968	86.8	7.96	10,318	33.2	3.69
Footnotes (1) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed people who worked on an average weekday. (2) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed people who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday. (3) Includes workers whose hours vary. (4) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
NOTE: Includes work at main and other job(s), and excludes travel related to work. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to people 15 years and over.

Table 5. Employed people working on main job and time spent working on days worked by class of worker, occupation, earnings, and day of week, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic	Total Employed	Employed people who worked on an average day			Employed people who worked on an average weekday			Employed people who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday
		Number	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number(1)	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number(2)	Percent of employed	Average hours of work
Class of worker (main job only)
Wage and salary workers	157,249	101,675	64.7	7.67	126,658	80.5	7.99	43,398	27.6	5.52
Self-employed workers(3)	10,150	6,172	60.8	6.14	(4)-	(4)-	6.52	(4)-	(4)-	4.42
Occupation (main job only)
Management, business, and financial operations	32,045	22,718	70.9	7.39	28,503	88.9	7.88	8,999	28.1	3.67
Professional and related	44,354	29,049	65.5	7.47	36,338	81.9	7.86	11,313	25.5	4.38
Service	23,615	14,179	60.0	7.27	16,339	69.2	7.44	8,788	37.2	6.49
Sales and related	13,884	9,318	67.1	7.44	(4)-	(4)-	7.67	(4)-	(4)-	6.42
Office and administrative support	17,356	10,759	62.0	7.87	14,038	80.9	8.09	4,122	23.7	6.34
Farming, fishing, and forestry	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	7.29	(4)-	(4)-	7.37	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-
Construction and extraction	6,192	(4)-	(4)-	7.93	(4)-	(4)-	8.27	848	13.7	4.81
Installation, maintenance, and repair	5,493	(4)-	(4)-	8.59	(4)-	(4)-	8.81	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-
Production	8,690	4,786	55.1	8.26	(4)-	(4)-	8.25	(4)-	(4)-	8.27
Transportation and material moving	12,722	7,877	61.9	7.99	(4)-	(4)-	8.33	(4)-	(4)-	6.39
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)(5)
$0 - $840	28,678	18,632	65.0	7.89	23,122	80.6	8.01	7,343	25.6	7.01
$841 - $1,320	27,537	18,720	68.0	8.20	24,034	87.3	8.34	6,903	25.1	7.17
$1,321 - $2,020	27,912	18,261	65.4	8.10	24,221	86.8	8.49	6,332	22.7	5.11
$2,021 and higher	27,813	20,526	73.8	8.13	25,618	92.1	8.62	6,765	24.3	3.04
Footnotes (1) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed people who worked on an average weekday. (2) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed people who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday. (3) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are classified as wage and salary workers. (4) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (5) The earnings data are limited to wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed workers are excluded). Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
NOTE: Includes work at main job only and excludes travel related to work. Data refer to people 15 years and over.

Table 6. Employed people working at home, workplace, and time spent working at each location by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, and educational attainment, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic	Total Employed	Employed people who worked on an average day			Employed people who worked at their workplace on an average day(1)			Employed people who worked at home on an average day(1)(2)
		Number	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number	Percent of those who worked	Average hours of work at workplace	Number	Percent of those who worked	Average hours of work at home
Full- and part-time status and sex
Total, 15 years and over(3)	167,443	109,667	65.5	7.66	76,594	69.8	7.87	37,837	34.5	5.10
Full-time workers	133,133	93,179	70.0	8.07	65,519	70.3	8.21	32,545	34.9	5.35
Part-time workers	34,310	16,488	48.1	5.36	11,076	67.2	5.84	5,292	32.1	3.55
Men(3)	89,034	58,940	66.2	7.88	42,561	72.2	8.04	18,452	31.3	4.99
Full-time workers	75,262	52,285	69.5	8.24	37,971	72.6	8.33	16,368	31.3	5.20
Part-time workers	13,773	6,655	48.3	5.07	(4)-	(4)-	5.58	(4)-	(4)-	3.34
Women(3)	78,409	50,728	64.7	7.41	34,033	67.1	7.65	19,385	38.2	5.20
Full-time workers	57,872	40,895	70.7	7.86	27,548	67.4	8.04	16,177	39.6	5.50
Part-time workers	20,537	9,833	47.9	5.56	6,485	66.0	6.02	3,208	32.6	3.68
Jobholding status
Single jobholders	151,929	97,654	64.3	7.63	68,658	70.3	7.80	32,890	33.7	5.19
Multiple jobholders	15,515	12,013	77.4	7.97	7,936	66.1	8.43	4,947	41.2	4.49
Educational attainment, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma	8,953	6,155	68.8	7.88	5,837	94.8	7.62	561	9.1	4.02
High school graduates, no college	34,852	22,043	63.2	7.97	18,317	83.1	7.96	4,180	19.0	4.92
Some college or associate degree	29,684	19,099	64.3	7.91	14,069	73.7	8.11	5,673	29.7	5.39
Bachelor's degree and higher	70,482	50,642	71.9	7.39	28,481	56.2	7.79	26,055	51.4	5.18
Bachelor's degree only	39,422	28,434	72.1	7.38	16,447	57.8	7.80	13,460	47.3	5.27
Advanced degree	31,059	22,209	71.5	7.40	12,034	54.2	7.78	12,595	56.7	5.09
Footnotes (1) Individuals may have worked at more than one location. (2) Working at home includes any time people did work at home and is not restricted to people whose usual workplace is their home. (3) Includes workers whose hours vary. (4) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
NOTE: Includes work at main and other job(s) and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to people 15 years and over.

Table 7. Employed people working on main job at home, workplace, and time spent working at each location by class of worker, occupation, and earnings, 2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic	Total Employed	Employed people who worked on an average day			Employed people who worked at their workplace on an average day(1)			Employed people who worked at home on an average day(1)(2)
		Number	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number	Percent of those who worked	Average hours of work at workplace	Number	Percent of those who worked	Average hours of work at home
Class of worker (main job only)
Wage and salary workers	157,249	101,675	64.7	7.67	73,090	71.9	7.85	32,465	31.9	5.20
Self-employed workers(3)	10,150	6,172	60.8	6.14	(4)-	(4)-	6.21	(4)-	(4)-	4.58
Occupation (main job only)
Management, business, and financial operations	32,045	22,718	70.9	7.39	11,688	51.4	7.84	12,960	57.0	5.64
Professional and related	44,354	29,049	65.5	7.47	17,897	61.6	7.95	12,916	44.5	4.84
Service	23,615	14,179	60.0	7.27	12,463	87.9	7.26	1,624	11.5	3.73
Sales and related	13,884	9,318	67.1	7.44	6,717	72.1	7.49	3,229	34.7	5.07
Office and administrative support	17,356	10,759	62.0	7.87	7,957	74.0	7.90	3,074	28.6	6.02
Farming, fishing, and forestry	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	7.29	(4)-	(4)-	8.02	(4)-	(4)-	3.93
Construction and extraction	6,192	(4)-	(4)-	7.93	(4)-	(4)-	7.70	(4)-	(4)-	3.77
Installation, maintenance, and repair	5,493	(4)-	(4)-	8.59	(4)-	(4)-	8.65	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-
Production	8,690	4,786	55.1	8.26	4,534	94.7	7.89	619	12.9	4.62
Transportation and material moving	12,722	7,877	61.9	7.99	7,141	90.7	8.04	512	6.5	(4)-
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)(5)
$0 - $840	28,678	18,632	65.0	7.89	16,226	87.1	7.90	2,487	13.3	4.57
$841 - $1,320	27,537	18,720	68.0	8.20	14,959	79.9	8.08	4,025	21.5	5.83
$1,321 - $2,020	27,912	18,261	65.4	8.10	12,478	68.3	8.30	7,293	39.9	5.21
$2,021 and higher	27,813	20,526	73.8	8.13	11,399	55.5	8.58	10,875	53.0	5.89
Footnotes (1) Individuals may have worked at more than one location. (2) Working at home includes any time people did work at home and is not restricted to people whose usual workplace is their home. (3) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are classified as wage and salary workers. (4) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (5) The earnings data are limited to wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed workers are excluded). Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
NOTE: Includes work at main job only and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work. Data refer to people 15 years and over.

Table 8A. Time spent in primary activities for the civilian population 18 years and over by presence and age of youngest household child and sex, 2025 annual averages, total

Activity	Average hours per day spent in primary activities
	Household child under 18									No household children under 18
	Total			Youngest household child under 6			Youngest household child 6 to 17			Total	Men	Women
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total, all activities(1)	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00
Personal care activities	9.51	9.46	9.56	9.42	9.13	9.67	9.58	9.68	9.49	9.83	9.55	10.10
Sleeping(2)	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.73	8.50	8.93	8.77	8.92	8.63	9.06	8.92	9.20
Eating and drinking	1.21	1.24	1.18	1.22	1.32	1.12	1.21	1.19	1.22	1.22	1.26	1.19
Household activities	2.07	1.51	2.56	1.93	1.46	2.33	2.16	1.54	2.71	2.06	1.69	2.42
Housework	0.60	0.29	0.88	0.58	0.27	0.85	0.62	0.30	0.90	0.56	0.31	0.80
Food preparation and cleanup	0.91	0.59	1.19	0.95	0.63	1.23	0.88	0.56	1.17	0.66	0.50	0.82
Lawn and garden care	0.13	0.23	0.05	0.08	0.13	0.04	0.17	0.29	0.07	0.23	0.28	0.17
Household management	0.15	0.10	0.20	0.10	0.11	0.09	0.18	0.09	0.27	0.19	0.13	0.24
Purchasing goods and services	0.67	0.50	0.82	0.59	0.55	0.62	0.72	0.46	0.95	0.73	0.68	0.77
Consumer goods purchases	0.33	0.25	0.39	0.30	0.25	0.34	0.35	0.25	0.43	0.30	0.27	0.34
Professional and personal care services	0.09	0.03	0.14	0.06	0.04	0.07	0.11	0.03	0.19	0.12	0.11	0.12
Caring for and helping household members	1.46	1.06	1.81	2.37	1.75	2.90	0.85	0.60	1.07	0.08	0.09	0.07
Caring for and helping household children	1.20	0.84	1.52	2.08	1.53	2.56	0.61	0.38	0.81	-	-	-
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.09	0.08	0.10	0.19	0.18	0.20
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.09	0.08
Working and work-related activities	4.15	4.97	3.42	4.02	5.08	3.12	4.23	4.91	3.63	3.15	3.54	2.75
Working	3.78	4.44	3.20	3.66	4.50	2.93	3.86	4.40	3.37	2.88	3.19	2.57
Educational activities	0.29	(3)-	0.30	(3)-	(3)-	0.23	0.29	0.22	(3)-	0.24	0.24	0.25
Attending class	0.08	(3)-	0.08	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.09	(3)-	(3)-	0.07	0.07	0.07
Homework and research	0.19	0.16	0.21	(3)-	(3)-	0.17	0.16	0.08	0.24	0.16	0.15	0.16
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	0.25	0.23	0.28	0.26	0.25	0.26	0.25	0.22	0.29	0.27	0.22	0.32
Religious and spiritual activities	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.14	0.14	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.09	0.17
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities)	0.09	0.07	0.11	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.10	0.07	0.13	0.11	0.10	0.11
Leisure and sports	3.90	4.29	3.56	3.46	3.63	3.31	4.20	4.72	3.73	5.73	6.11	5.36
Socializing and communicating	0.62	0.62	0.63	0.77	0.70	0.83	0.53	0.57	0.49	0.57	0.48	0.66
Watching television	1.77	1.91	1.64	1.44	1.46	1.42	1.99	2.21	1.80	3.09	3.29	2.89
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	0.32	0.40	0.24	0.29	0.37	0.22	0.34	0.42	0.26	0.32	0.40	0.25
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	0.10	0.08	0.12	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.13	0.11	0.16	0.24	0.15	0.33
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	0.32	0.31	0.32	0.36	0.37	0.35	0.29	0.27	0.31	0.26	0.28	0.24
Footnotes (1) All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions. (2) Includes naps and spells of sleeplessness. (3) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
- Not applicable. NOTE: A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.

Table 8B. Time spent in primary activities for the civilian population 18 years and over by presence and age of youngest household child and sex, 2025 annual averages, employed

Activity	Average hours per day spent in primary activities
	Household child under 18									No household children under 18
	Total			Youngest household child under 6			Youngest household child 6 to 17			Total	Men	Women
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total, all activities(1)	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00
Personal care activities	9.35	9.29	9.41	9.29	9.06	9.56	9.39	9.46	9.31	9.58	9.33	9.88
Sleeping(2)	8.56	8.58	8.53	8.56	8.41	8.73	8.56	8.70	8.40	8.83	8.66	9.02
Eating and drinking	1.19	1.25	1.12	1.25	1.34	1.13	1.15	1.19	1.11	1.16	1.17	1.14
Household activities	1.71	1.45	2.00	1.51	1.32	1.73	1.85	1.54	2.18	1.62	1.36	1.93
Housework	0.47	0.27	0.70	0.40	0.23	0.61	0.52	0.30	0.76	0.42	0.25	0.61
Food preparation and cleanup	0.74	0.56	0.94	0.73	0.59	0.90	0.74	0.54	0.97	0.58	0.48	0.69
Lawn and garden care	0.13	0.21	0.03	0.06	0.11	(3)-	0.17	0.29	0.04	0.14	0.16	0.12
Household management	0.11	0.09	0.12	0.11	0.12	0.09	0.11	0.08	0.14	0.15	0.10	0.20
Purchasing goods and services	0.58	0.52	0.64	0.54	0.54	0.53	0.60	0.50	0.72	0.68	0.64	0.72
Consumer goods purchases	0.29	0.26	0.33	0.24	0.26	0.23	0.33	0.27	0.39	0.29	0.26	0.32
Professional and personal care services	0.06	0.04	0.10	0.07	0.04	0.11	0.06	0.04	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.10
Caring for and helping household members	1.22	0.98	1.50	1.92	1.54	2.37	0.73	0.58	0.91	0.08	0.10	0.05
Caring for and helping household children	0.99	0.78	1.22	1.69	1.39	2.04	0.50	0.35	0.67	-	-	-
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.05	(4)-	0.04	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.14	0.14	0.14
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.01	(4)-	(3)-	0.04	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.04
Working and work-related activities	5.55	5.82	5.25	5.30	5.70	4.82	5.73	5.90	5.53	5.44	5.70	5.14
Working	5.10	5.25	4.93	4.86	5.12	4.55	5.26	5.33	5.19	5.05	5.24	4.83
Educational activities	0.21	(4)-	0.20	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	0.13	(4)-	0.17	0.22	0.21	0.23
Attending class	0.05	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	0.09	0.09	0.08
Homework and research	0.16	(4)-	0.16	(4)-	(4)-	0.22	0.09	(4)-	(4)-	0.12	0.10	0.14
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.24	0.22	0.25	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.18	0.14	0.21
Religious and spiritual activities	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.09	0.06	0.11
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities)	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.07
Leisure and sports	3.53	3.80	3.21	3.18	3.37	2.97	3.76	4.11	3.37	4.53	4.84	4.18
Socializing and communicating	0.59	0.58	0.61	0.74	0.71	0.77	0.49	0.49	0.49	0.51	0.41	0.62
Watching television	1.58	1.68	1.47	1.29	1.37	1.21	1.78	1.90	1.64	2.22	2.38	2.04
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	0.30	0.35	0.24	0.29	0.34	0.24	0.31	0.36	0.24	0.32	0.37	0.27
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.15	0.11	0.19
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	0.31	0.31	0.32	0.36	0.38	0.32	0.29	0.26	0.32	0.23	0.26	0.20
Footnotes (1) All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions. (2) Includes naps and spells of sleeplessness. (3) Estimate is approximately zero. (4) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
- Not applicable. NOTE: A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.

Table 8C. Time spent in primary activities for the civilian population 18 years and over by presence and age of youngest household child and sex, 2025 annual averages, not employed

Activity	Average hours per day spent in primary activities
	Household child under 18									No household children under 18
	Total			Youngest household child under 6			Youngest household child 6 to 17			Total	Men	Women
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total, all activities(1)	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00
Personal care activities	9.99	10.38	9.83	9.80	9.61	9.86	10.10	10.73	9.82	10.15	9.91	10.35
Sleeping(2)	9.31	9.71	9.16	9.27	9.18	9.30	9.33	9.94	9.06	9.37	9.32	9.41
Eating and drinking	1.27	1.19	1.30	1.12	1.17	1.11	1.36	1.20	1.44	1.32	1.39	1.25
Household activities	3.09	1.81	3.58	3.20	2.44	3.42	3.02	1.52	3.69	2.63	2.21	2.98
Housework	0.97	0.36	1.20	1.11	(3)-	1.27	0.89	(3)-	1.16	0.74	0.40	1.03
Food preparation and cleanup	1.39	0.74	1.65	1.61	0.91	1.82	1.26	0.66	1.53	0.77	0.55	0.96
Lawn and garden care	0.15	(3)-	0.10	0.12	(3)-	0.09	0.17	(3)-	0.11	0.35	0.48	0.23
Household management	0.28	0.11	0.34	0.08	(3)-	0.10	0.40	0.14	0.51	0.24	0.19	0.29
Purchasing goods and services	0.93	0.39	1.14	0.75	(3)-	0.79	1.04	(3)-	1.37	0.80	0.76	0.83
Consumer goods purchases	0.42	0.18	0.52	0.46	0.21	0.53	0.40	0.17	0.51	0.33	0.29	0.36
Professional and personal care services	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.16	0.17	0.14
Caring for and helping household members	2.15	1.53	2.39	3.73	3.28	3.87	1.18	0.74	1.38	0.08	0.08	0.09
Caring for and helping household children	1.81	1.15	2.06	3.30	2.56	3.51	0.90	0.51	1.07	-	-	-
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	0.09	(3)-	0.10	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.13	(3)-	0.15	0.26	0.25	0.27
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults	0.04	(3)-	0.03	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.05	(3)-	0.05	0.14	0.15	0.13
Working and work-related activities(4)	0.13	0.33	0.06	0.13	(3)-	(3)-	0.14	(3)-	(3)-	0.13	0.19	0.07
Working(4)	(5)-	(3)-	(5)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(5)-	(5)-	(5)-	(3)-
Educational activities	0.51	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.28	0.29	0.27
Attending class	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.05	(3)-	0.06
Homework and research	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.21	0.23	0.19
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	0.35	(3)-	0.37	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.39	0.33	0.43
Religious and spiritual activities	0.14	0.18	0.12	0.12	(3)-	0.10	0.15	(3)-	0.13	0.19	0.14	0.22
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities)	0.18	(3)-	0.21	(3)-	(3)-	(3)-	0.18	(3)-	(3)-	0.16	0.16	0.17
Leisure and sports	4.97	6.95	4.22	4.29	5.51	3.93	5.39	7.59	4.41	7.32	8.08	6.69
Socializing and communicating	0.72	0.87	0.67	0.87	(3)-	0.92	0.64	(3)-	0.50	0.66	0.61	0.71
Watching television	2.30	3.17	1.97	1.88	2.12	1.80	2.57	3.65	2.09	4.23	4.70	3.85
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	0.36	0.65	0.25	0.27	(3)-	0.18	0.42	0.68	0.30	0.33	0.44	0.23
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	0.19	0.18	0.20	0.11	(3)-	0.11	0.24	0.20	(3)-	0.36	0.22	0.48
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	0.32	0.32	0.33	0.37	0.26	0.40	0.30	(3)-	0.28	0.30	0.29	0.30
Footnotes (1) All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions. (2) Includes naps and spells of sleeplessness. (3) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (4) Estimates include a small amount of work time done by people who do not meet the American Time Use Survey definition for employed. (5) Estimate is approximately zero.
- Not applicable. NOTE: A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included.

Table 9. Time adults spent caring for household children as a primary activity by sex, age, and day of week, 2025 annual averages

Childcare activities	Average hours per day adults spent caring for household children
	Total			Weekdays			Weekends and holidays
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Children under age 18, total
Caring for household children as a primary activity	1.39	0.99	1.74	1.50	1.04	1.88	1.15	0.90	1.40
Physical care	0.49	0.32	0.65	0.52	0.33	0.68	0.42	0.28	0.56
Education-related activities	0.10	0.04	0.16	0.13	0.06	0.20	0.04	(1)-	0.06
Reading to/with children	0.04	0.02	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.06	0.03	0.03	0.03
Talking to/with children	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.05
Playing/doing hobbies with children	0.26	0.24	0.29	0.24	0.22	0.26	0.33	0.29	0.37
Looking after children	0.07	0.05	0.09	0.06	0.04	0.08	0.10	0.08	0.11
Attending children's events	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.08	0.07	0.09
Travel related to care of household children	0.19	0.16	0.22	0.24	0.20	0.28	0.07	0.07	0.08
Other childcare activities	0.13	0.08	0.17	0.16	0.09	0.22	0.05	0.05	0.05
Youngest child ages 6 to 17
Caring for household children as a primary activity	0.79	0.53	1.02	0.88	0.57	1.14	0.57	0.44	0.71
Physical care	0.18	0.11	0.24	0.21	0.12	0.28	0.11	0.07	0.15
Education-related activities	0.10	0.03	0.15	0.11	0.04	0.17	0.06	(1)-	0.10
Reading to/with children	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02	(2)-	0.03	0.01	(2)-	0.01
Talking to/with children	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.06
Playing/doing hobbies with children	0.06	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.09	0.10	0.08
Looking after children	0.03	0.02	0.05	0.02	(2)-	0.04	0.05	(1)-	0.07
Attending children's events	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.04	(1)-	(1)-	0.09	0.06	0.12
Travel related to care of household children	0.18	0.15	0.20	0.22	0.18	0.26	0.07	0.07	0.07
Other childcare activities	0.11	0.05	0.17	0.15	0.06	0.22	0.04	0.03	0.04
Child under age 6
Caring for household children as a primary activity	2.30	1.70	2.82	2.43	1.75	3.00	2.00	1.59	2.39
Physical care	0.96	0.63	1.25	1.00	0.65	1.29	0.88	0.59	1.14
Education-related activities	0.12	0.07	0.16	0.17	0.09	(1)-	(2)-	(1)-	(1)-
Reading to/with children	0.07	0.04	0.09	0.07	0.04	0.10	0.05	0.05	0.05
Talking to/with children	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	(1)-	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Playing/doing hobbies with children	0.57	0.49	0.64	0.53	0.46	0.58	0.67	0.56	0.77
Looking after children	0.13	0.10	0.14	0.11	0.08	0.13	0.16	0.15	0.18
Attending children's events	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.05	(1)-	(1)-	0.06	(1)-	(1)-
Travel related to care of household children	0.22	0.17	0.26	0.28	0.22	0.32	0.08	0.06	0.09
Other childcare activities	0.15	0.12	0.17	0.19	0.14	0.23	0.06	0.07	0.05
Footnotes (1) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (2) Estimate is approximately zero.
NOTE: Includes people 18 years and over living in households with children under 18, whether or not they provided childcare.

Table 10. Time adults spent in primary activities while providing childcare as a secondary activity by sex, age, and day of week, 2025 annual averages

Childcare activities(1)	Average hours per day adults spent caring for household children(2)
	Total			Weekdays			Weekends and holidays
	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Children under age 13, total
Total	5.08	4.27	5.74	4.02	2.95	4.87	7.58	7.23	7.89
Personal care activities	0.24	0.17	0.30	0.21	0.13	0.27	0.31	0.24	0.37
Household activities	1.20	0.79	1.54	0.96	0.52	1.32	1.76	1.40	2.07
Purchasing goods and services	0.27	0.23	0.29	0.17	0.12	0.21	0.49	0.48	0.50
Working and work-related activities	0.30	0.23	0.37	0.34	0.26	0.41	0.22	0.16	(3)-
Eating and drinking	0.67	0.62	0.72	0.57	0.50	0.62	0.93	0.89	0.96
Leisure and sports	1.94	1.87	1.99	1.45	1.20	1.65	3.09	3.38	2.84
Other activities	0.46	0.37	0.53	0.32	0.23	0.40	0.78	0.68	0.87
Youngest child ages 6 to 12
Total	4.86	4.20	5.37	3.78	2.79	4.51	7.49	7.44	7.54
Personal care activities	0.20	0.14	0.25	0.15	0.11	0.19	0.32	0.22	0.41
Household activities	1.16	0.83	1.42	0.89	0.43	1.23	1.83	1.75	1.90
Purchasing goods and services	0.25	0.19	0.29	0.17	0.09	0.23	0.44	0.43	0.44
Working and work-related activities	0.28	(3)-	0.28	0.30	(3)-	0.25	(3)-	0.12	(3)-
Eating and drinking	0.60	0.54	0.65	0.50	0.42	0.55	0.86	0.81	0.90
Leisure and sports	1.96	1.91	2.01	1.47	1.19	1.68	3.16	3.57	2.83
Other activities	0.40	0.30	0.47	0.30	0.20	0.37	0.64	0.53	0.72
Child under age 6
Total	5.26	4.33	6.06	4.22	3.07	5.18	7.65	7.08	8.17
Personal care activities	0.27	0.18	0.34	0.26	0.15	0.34	0.30	0.26	0.35
Household activities	1.23	0.76	1.64	1.02	0.58	1.39	1.71	1.15	2.22
Purchasing goods and services	0.28	0.26	0.30	0.17	0.15	0.19	0.53	0.51	0.55
Working and work-related activities	0.32	0.18	0.44	0.38	0.18	0.54	0.19	0.19	0.20
Eating and drinking	0.73	0.68	0.78	0.63	0.56	0.68	0.98	0.95	1.01
Leisure and sports	1.92	1.84	1.98	1.43	1.20	1.62	3.04	3.25	2.85
Other activities	0.51	0.42	0.59	0.34	0.25	0.42	0.89	0.78	1.00
Footnotes (1) All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions. (2) Secondary childcare is defined as time one has a child under 13 years "in his or her care" while doing something else as a primary activity; information on secondary childcare is not collected for children over 12 years. (3) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
NOTE: Includes people 18 years and over living in households with children under 13 years, whether or not they provided childcare.

Table 11A. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, averages per day, 2025 annual averages

Characteristic	Average hours per day spent in leisure and sports activities, all days of week
	Total, all leisure and sports activities	Participating in sports, exercise and recreation	Socializing and communicating	Watching TV	Reading	Relaxing/ thinking	Playing games and computer use for leisure	Other leisure and sports activities, including travel(1)
Sex
Men	5.58	0.43	0.52	2.81	0.23	0.39	0.80	0.41
Women	4.76	0.26	0.65	2.42	0.31	0.30	0.46	0.36
Age
Total, 15 years and over	5.16	0.34	0.58	2.61	0.27	0.35	0.62	0.38
15 to 19 years	5.66	0.75	0.64	1.48	(2)-	0.41	1.53	0.64
20 to 24 years	4.67	0.40	0.51	2.07	0.10	0.20	1.08	0.32
25 to 34 years	4.50	0.33	0.59	1.89	0.17	0.25	0.91	0.36
35 to 44 years	3.89	0.30	0.58	1.76	0.22	0.25	0.44	0.34
45 to 54 years	4.30	0.30	0.56	2.26	0.21	0.28	0.39	0.31
55 to 64 years	5.21	0.25	0.66	3.06	0.21	0.37	0.26	0.38
65 to 74 years	6.90	0.34	0.55	4.20	0.46	0.49	0.43	0.43
75 years and over	7.39	0.27	0.56	4.43	0.62	0.65	0.48	0.37
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	5.19	0.33	0.61	2.61	0.29	0.33	0.62	0.40
Black or African American	5.32	0.36	0.47	2.90	0.14	0.47	0.69	0.29
Asian	4.23	0.47	0.59	1.71	0.20	0.42	0.49	0.35
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	4.30	0.30	0.59	2.09	0.09	0.35	0.58	0.30
Employment status
Employed	4.17	0.32	0.54	1.98	0.18	0.27	0.53	0.35
Full-time workers	3.99	0.29	0.53	1.92	0.17	0.28	0.47	0.32
Part-time workers	4.89	0.41	0.58	2.21	0.20	0.27	0.76	0.46
Not employed	6.66	0.39	0.65	3.57	0.40	0.46	0.76	0.43
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)(3)
$0 - $840	4.20	0.21	0.55	1.97	0.17	0.35	0.65	0.31
$841 - $1,320	4.43	0.22	0.53	2.33	0.15	0.30	0.55	0.34
$1,321 - $2,020	4.05	0.30	0.57	1.91	0.18	0.28	0.46	0.36
$2,021 and higher	3.71	0.36	0.48	1.78	0.23	0.16	0.37	0.32
Presence and age of household children
No household children under 18	5.74	0.34	0.57	3.05	0.32	0.40	0.66	0.41
Household children under 18	3.97	0.35	0.61	1.72	0.17	0.25	0.55	0.33
Children 13 to 17 years, none younger	4.45	0.36	0.54	2.05	0.14	0.33	0.69	0.35
Children 6 to 12 years, none younger	4.06	0.35	0.50	1.79	0.15	0.20	0.72	0.35
Youngest child under 6 years	3.53	0.34	0.76	1.40	0.20	0.22	0.29	0.31
Marital status and sex
Married, spouse present	4.86	0.33	0.63	2.60	0.29	0.32	0.35	0.35
Men	5.30	0.39	0.56	2.94	0.27	0.37	0.40	0.37
Women	4.40	0.26	0.70	2.23	0.31	0.26	0.31	0.33
Other marital statuses	5.45	0.36	0.54	2.62	0.25	0.38	0.89	0.42
Men	5.90	0.47	0.47	2.66	0.18	0.42	1.24	0.46
Women	5.08	0.26	0.61	2.59	0.30	0.34	0.59	0.38
Educational attainment, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma	5.55	0.22	0.59	3.29	0.08	0.77	(2)-	0.25
High school graduates, no college	5.68	0.22	0.55	3.37	0.19	0.46	0.55	0.34
Some college or associate degree	5.47	0.27	0.60	3.00	0.30	0.35	0.59	0.37
Bachelor's degree and higher	4.60	0.38	0.60	2.17	0.39	0.22	0.44	0.40
Bachelor's degree only	4.75	0.37	0.56	2.31	0.35	0.23	0.50	0.43
Advanced degree	4.39	0.39	0.66	1.99	0.44	0.20	0.36	0.35
Footnotes (1) Includes other leisure and sports activities, not elsewhere classified, and travel related to leisure and sports activities. (2) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (3) The earnings data are limited to wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed workers are excluded). Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to people 15 years and over. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

Table 11B. Time spent in leisure and sports activities for the civilian population by selected characteristics, averages per day on weekdays and weekends, 2025 annual averages

Characteristic	Average hours per day spent in leisure and sports activities, weekdays and weekends
	Total, all leisure and sports activities		Participating in sports, exercise and recreation		Socializing and communicating		Watching TV		Reading		Relaxing/ thinking		Playing games and computer use for leisure		Other leisure and sports activities, including travel(1)
	Week- days	Week- ends and holi- days	Week- days	Week- ends and holi- days	Week- days	Week- ends and holi- days	Week- days	Week- ends and holi- days	Week- days	Week- ends and holi- days	Week- days	Week- ends and holi- days	Week- days	Week- ends and holi- days	Week- days	Week- ends and holi- days
Sex
Men	4.97	7.01	0.40	0.49	0.38	0.84	2.48	3.58	0.23	0.23	0.40	0.39	0.78	0.84	0.31	0.64
Women	4.24	5.98	0.28	0.23	0.50	1.00	2.18	2.98	0.30	0.33	0.28	0.37	0.42	0.55	0.29	0.52
Age
Total, 15 years and over	4.60	6.48	0.34	0.36	0.44	0.92	2.33	3.27	0.27	0.28	0.34	0.38	0.59	0.69	0.30	0.58
15 to 19 years	5.09	6.98	0.83	0.56	0.55	0.84	1.19	2.15	(2)-	(2)-	(2)-	(2)-	1.49	1.61	0.43	1.16
20 to 24 years	4.27	5.63	0.39	0.42	0.34	0.92	1.88	2.53	0.10	0.11	0.16	0.29	1.15	0.91	0.26	0.45
25 to 34 years	3.69	6.33	0.28	0.45	0.40	1.03	1.52	2.72	0.15	0.20	0.23	0.28	0.83	1.09	0.27	0.56
35 to 44 years	3.30	5.29	0.29	0.33	0.42	0.94	1.52	2.32	0.24	0.19	0.19	0.37	0.37	0.62	0.27	0.52
45 to 54 years	3.68	5.75	0.27	0.35	0.41	0.91	1.93	3.02	0.19	0.26	0.28	0.29	0.37	0.42	0.22	0.51
55 to 64 years	4.55	6.82	0.23	0.31	0.49	1.07	2.76	3.79	0.19	0.28	0.36	0.42	0.23	0.35	0.29	0.60
65 to 74 years	6.62	7.54	0.37	0.26	0.44	0.82	4.06	4.51	0.47	0.43	0.50	0.47	0.42	0.44	0.36	0.61
75 years and over	7.03	8.22	0.29	0.24	0.50	0.70	4.03	5.34	0.60	0.67	0.75	0.42	0.48	0.49	0.38	0.37
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	4.60	6.59	0.31	0.37	0.45	0.99	2.35	3.25	0.28	0.31	0.32	0.36	0.59	0.69	0.31	0.61
Black or African American	4.91	6.30	0.42	0.24	0.45	0.52	2.48	3.91	0.15	0.13	0.50	0.38	0.68	0.71	0.24	0.40
Asian	3.58	5.57	0.50	0.42	0.40	0.97	1.44	2.28	0.22	0.17	0.30	0.65	0.46	0.57	0.27	0.50
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	3.64	5.79	0.27	0.36	0.40	1.02	1.83	2.69	0.07	0.13	0.32	0.41	0.58	0.59	0.17	0.59
Employment status
Employed	3.46	5.85	0.29	0.38	0.38	0.93	1.65	2.76	0.16	0.22	0.25	0.34	0.48	0.66	0.26	0.56
Full-time workers	3.15	5.94	0.26	0.36	0.35	0.96	1.55	2.78	0.16	0.22	0.24	0.35	0.38	0.70	0.22	0.57
Part-time workers	4.64	5.51	0.39	0.47	0.49	0.80	2.02	2.67	0.18	0.23	0.25	0.31	0.87	0.51	0.44	0.51
Not employed	6.33	7.42	0.42	0.32	0.54	0.91	3.36	4.04	0.42	0.36	0.47	0.43	0.77	0.74	0.35	0.61
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)(3)
$0 - $840	3.44	6.12	0.19	0.26	0.34	1.09	1.75	2.52	0.15	0.23	0.29	0.49	0.56	0.85	0.15	0.69
$841 - $1,320	3.62	6.24	0.24	0.19	0.43	0.76	1.86	3.35	0.14	0.18	0.31	0.28	(2)-	0.92	0.25	0.56
$1,321 - $2,020	3.00	6.15	0.26	0.38	0.32	1.07	1.41	2.91	0.17	0.20	0.25	0.34	0.35	0.69	0.26	0.55
$2,021 and higher	2.90	5.87	0.32	0.47	0.30	0.99	1.45	2.69	0.21	0.28	0.12	0.27	0.30	0.56	0.21	0.61
Presence and age of household children
No household children under 18	5.22	6.98	0.34	0.35	0.45	0.87	2.76	3.72	0.31	0.34	0.40	0.39	0.63	0.73	0.33	0.59
Household children under 18	3.33	5.46	0.34	0.38	0.43	1.03	1.44	2.37	0.18	0.14	0.21	0.35	0.52	0.63	0.23	0.57
Children 13 to 17 years, none younger	3.66	6.25	0.33	0.41	0.40	0.86	1.56	3.17	0.14	0.14	0.28	0.46	0.72	0.62	0.24	0.59
Children 6 to 12 years, none younger	3.43	5.68	0.32	0.43	0.32	0.93	1.57	2.36	0.14	0.17	0.16	0.31	0.64	0.95	0.28	0.53
Youngest child under 6 years	2.99	4.71	0.36	0.31	0.54	1.24	1.23	1.78	0.24	0.13	0.19	0.29	0.25	0.38	0.19	0.58
Marital status and sex
Married, spouse present	4.30	6.19	0.32	0.33	0.45	1.05	2.33	3.23	0.29	0.30	0.31	0.34	0.33	0.41	0.27	0.53
Men	4.72	6.66	0.37	0.41	0.40	0.94	2.63	3.67	0.27	0.27	0.37	0.38	0.38	0.44	0.29	0.55
Women	3.85	5.70	0.27	0.24	0.50	1.18	2.00	2.76	0.30	0.33	0.24	0.31	0.28	0.38	0.26	0.51
Other marital statuses	4.89	6.76	0.35	0.38	0.43	0.79	2.32	3.32	0.24	0.26	0.36	0.41	0.85	0.97	0.32	0.63
Men	5.25	7.39	0.43	0.57	0.35	0.73	2.30	3.48	0.19	0.18	0.42	0.41	1.22	1.28	0.33	0.74
Women	4.58	6.22	0.28	0.22	0.50	0.84	2.34	3.18	0.29	0.32	0.31	0.42	0.54	0.71	0.32	0.53
Educational attainment, 25 years and over
Less than a high school diploma	4.93	7.04	0.28	0.08	0.41	1.03	2.87	4.31	0.08	(2)-	0.78	0.76	(2)-	(2)-	0.16	0.46
High school graduates, no college	5.18	6.80	0.17	0.34	0.45	0.77	3.06	4.07	0.19	0.17	0.51	0.36	0.51	0.63	0.29	0.45
Some college or associate degree	4.92	6.77	0.26	0.27	0.41	1.02	2.78	3.51	0.30	0.30	0.35	0.36	0.52	0.73	0.28	0.58
Bachelor's degree and higher	3.97	6.09	0.37	0.40	0.45	0.96	1.89	2.85	0.36	0.45	0.18	0.31	0.40	0.53	0.32	0.59
Bachelor's degree only	4.08	6.39	0.35	0.43	0.40	0.94	2.00	3.05	0.33	0.40	0.19	0.32	0.45	0.62	0.36	0.62
Advanced degree	3.82	5.70	0.40	0.37	0.52	0.99	1.73	2.58	0.40	0.52	0.17	0.29	0.34	0.41	0.26	0.54
Footnotes (1) Includes other leisure and sports activities, not elsewhere classified, and travel related to leisure and sports activities. (2) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (3) The earnings data are limited to wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed workers are excluded). Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to people 15 years and over. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

Table 12. Average hours per day spent in primary activities for the civilian population, 2025 quarterly and annual averages [Not seasonally adjusted]

Activity	2025
	Quarterly averages				Annual average
	I	II	III	IV
Total, all activities(1)	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00
Personal care activities	10.04	9.77	9.76	9.64	9.80
Sleeping(2)	9.21	8.98	9.01	8.93	9.03
Eating and drinking	1.19	1.20	1.16	1.30	1.21
Household activities	1.87	2.08	1.98	2.04	1.99
Housework	0.59	0.55	0.52	0.59	0.56
Food preparation and cleanup	0.70	0.68	0.70	0.77	0.71
Lawn and garden care	0.11	0.36	0.24	0.06	0.19
Household management	0.15	0.17	0.14	0.22	0.17
Purchasing goods and services	0.64	0.66	0.71	0.76	0.69
Consumer goods purchases	0.26	0.28	0.32	0.34	0.30
Professional and personal care services	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.10
Caring for and helping household members	0.47	0.48	0.53	0.48	0.49
Caring for and helping household children	0.36	0.33	0.41	0.33	0.36
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	0.12	0.18	0.19	0.11	0.15
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults	0.05	0.08	0.09	0.05	0.07
Working and work-related activities	3.28	3.35	3.30	3.33	3.32
Working	3.03	3.05	2.98	3.06	3.03
Educational activities	0.53	0.47	0.33	0.43	0.44
Attending class	0.26	0.27	0.14	0.17	0.21
Homework and research	0.24	0.16	0.16	0.24	0.20
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	0.27	0.31	0.29	0.26	0.28
Religious and spiritual activities	0.12	0.17	0.14	0.10	0.13
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities)	0.12	0.10	0.12	0.12	0.12
Leisure and sports	5.17	5.04	5.29	5.15	5.16
Socializing and communicating	0.53	0.58	0.55	0.68	0.58
Watching television	2.73	2.55	2.64	2.53	2.61
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation	0.34	0.36	0.34	0.33	0.34
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	0.22	0.17	0.16	0.24	0.19
Other activities, not elsewhere classified	0.20	0.29	0.32	0.27	0.27
Footnotes (1) All major activity categories include related travel time. See Technical Note for activity category definitions. (2) Includes naps and spells of sleeplessness.
NOTE: A primary activity refers to an individual's main activity. Other activities done simultaneously are not included. Data refer to people 15 years and over.