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American Time Use Survey
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The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.
Notices
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Charts
Percent of employed people who worked at home and at their workplace on days worked, 2022 annual averages
Status
Percent who worked at workplace
Percent who worked at home
Total
68.7%
33.8%
Full-time workers
68.8%
34.8%
Part-time workers
68.2%
28.1%
Single jobholders
69.4%
32.8%
Multiple jobholders
63.6%
42.0%
Less than a high school diploma
94.4%
8.0%
High school graduates, no college
83.0%
17.5%
Some college or associate degree
74.8%
28.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher
52.1%
53.7%
Note:
Data for educational attainment refer to persons 25 years and over.
Work at home refers to both scheduled and unscheduled work done at home.
Latest Numbers
AVERAGE HOURS PER DAY 
Household activities:
1.89 in 2022
Eating and drinking:
1.23 in 2022
Leisure and sports:
5.20 in 2022
Sleeping:
9.02 in 2022
Caring for and helping household children, parents:
1.34 in 2022
Working, employed persons:
5.08 in 2022
Working on days worked, employed persons:
7.69 in 2022
PERCENT PARTICIPATING ON AN AVERAGE DAY
Working, employed persons:
66.1 in 2022
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation:
20.1 in 2022
Historical Data
News Release
News Releases
34% of employed persons do some work at home on days they work in 2022
06/22/2023
In 2022, 34 percent of employed persons did some or all of their work at home on days they
worked, and 69 percent of employed persons did some or all of their work at their workplace.
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Charts
In 2021-22, 14% of the U.S. population, or 37.1 million people, provide unpaid eldercare
09/21/2023
Fourteen percent of the U.S. population provides eldercare--unpaid care for someone with a
condition related to aging--to others. On a given day, 28 percent of eldercare providers
engage in eldercare, spending an average of 3.6 hours in eldercare activities.
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Publications
The Economics Daily
Time spent in leisure and sports activities, 2022
On an average day in 2022, nearly everyone age 15 and older (95 percent) engaged in some sort of leisure and sport activity, such as watching TV, socializing, or exercising. Of those who engaged in leisure and sports activities, men spent more time in these activities (5.8 hours) than did women (5.1 hours). read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Does part-time work offer flexibility to employed mothers?
Mothers working part time have jobs with reduced availability of family-friendly benefits and wages compared with mothers working full time. read more »
Spotlight on Statistics
Job Flexibilities and Work Schedules in 2017–18
This Spotlight on Statistics looks at the percentage of wage and salary workers with flexible work arrangements, including workers’ ability and choices to work at home and adjust their work hours. This Spotlight also examines who works which schedules and why. read more »
Beyond the Numbers
Television, capturing America's attention at prime time and beyond
An analysis of one of America’s most popular activities. read more »