Chart 3. Index of aggregate hours worked for employees in the private nonfarm sector, new and old calculation methods, second quarter 2006 to fourth quarter 2021 (Q2 2006 = 100)
Quarter Hours worked, new Hours worked, old

Q2 2006

100.0 100.0

Q3 2006

100.4 100.4

Q4 2006

100.8 100.7

Q1 2007

101.1 100.9

Q2 2007

101.6 101.4

Q3 2007

101.5 101.3

Q4 2007

101.4 101.3

Q1 2008

101.3 101.2

Q2 2008

100.9 100.7

Q3 2008

99.9 99.7

Q4 2008

97.8 97.9

Q1 2009

95.3 95.4

Q2 2009

93.1 93.3

Q3 2009

92.1 92.4

Q4 2009

92.1 92.4

Q1 2010

92.5 92.5

Q2 2010

93.2 93.3

Q3 2010

93.7 93.9

Q4 2010

94.2 94.3

Q1 2011

94.4 94.5

Q2 2011

95.6 95.5

Q3 2011

96.0 96.1

Q4 2011

96.8 96.8

Q1 2012

97.5 97.4

Q2 2012

97.7 97.7

Q3 2012

98.2 98.0

Q4 2012

98.6 98.4

Q1 2013

99.4 99.1

Q2 2013

99.8 99.5

Q3 2013

100.2 100.0

Q4 2013

100.6 100.4

Q1 2014

101.0 100.8

Q2 2014

102.1 101.8

Q3 2014

102.8 102.4

Q4 2014

103.6 103.3

Q1 2015

104.1 103.6

Q2 2015

104.3 103.9

Q3 2015

104.6 104.6

Q4 2015

105.5 105.3

Q1 2016

105.8 105.5

Q2 2016

105.9 105.7

Q3 2016

106.5 106.3

Q4 2016

106.7 106.6

Q1 2017

107.0 106.9

Q2 2017

107.7 107.7

Q3 2017

108.0 108.1

Q4 2017

108.6 108.5

Q1 2018

109.0 109.1

Q2 2018

109.7 109.9

Q3 2018

110.2 110.1

Q4 2018

110.3 110.2

Q1 2019

110.7 110.6

Q2 2019

111.2 110.9

Q3 2019

111.3 111.1

Q4 2019

111.2 111.2

Q1 2020

109.9 110.2

Q2 2020

96.2 97.3

Q3 2020

102.8 103.8

Q4 2020

105.0 106.0

Q1 2021

106.1 107.2

Q2 2021

107.4 108.3

Q3 2021

108.4 109.5

Q4 2021

110.0 110.6

Note: The “Hours worked, new” series is all-employee hours calculated using the new method (all-employee hours paid, with a paid-time-off and off-the-clock hours adjustment); the “Hours worked, old” series is all-employee hours calculated using the 2004 method; Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.