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American Time Use Survey
Table A-5A. Percent of employed persons working on their main job on days they worked by industry and hour of day, 12 AM to 11 AM, average for the combined years 2021-23
Industry 12 AM 1 AM 2 AM 3 AM 4 AM 5 AM 6 AM 7 AM 8 AM 9 AM 10 AM 11 AM

Total, 15 years and over

3.6 3.0 2.6 2.4 3.8 6.1 13.8 28.4 52.9 67.7 73.2 73.1

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting

1.9 1.3 1.3 1.6 5.3 10.6 19.2 54.6 64.8 69.3 75.3 72.2

Mining

(1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)-

Construction

0.9 1.1 0.6 0.4 1.0 3.0 20.1 48.2 77.1 80.8 83.3 82.9

Manufacturing

6.0 3.6 4.4 3.7 5.6 12.5 25.2 46.8 66.0 69.2 73.8 74.9

Durable goods manufacturing

5.9 3.4 4.1 3.1 4.0 10.9 27.1 51.1 69.9 71.0 75.5 77.2

Nondurable goods manufacturing

6.4 4.0 5.0 4.8 8.5 15.6 21.6 38.8 58.7 65.7 70.5 70.5

Wholesale and retail trade

3.0 3.0 2.7 2.8 5.6 9.4 16.9 27.4 46.1 60.1 68.6 71.5

Wholesale trade

5.8 4.7 6.1 6.1 2.3 11.4 17.5 36.5 62.5 75.8 76.0 79.0

Retail trade

2.5 2.7 2.1 2.1 6.2 9.0 16.8 25.6 43.0 57.1 67.2 70.1

Transportation and utilities

9.5 8.1 6.8 6.7 13.4 12.7 21.7 37.3 51.2 59.0 65.5 60.8

Transportation and warehousing

11.7 9.9 8.4 8.2 16.2 15.3 21.7 33.5 46.5 54.4 62.3 55.4

Utilities

(1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)-

Information

4.9 4.1 4.4 4.8 3.3 3.9 11.5 19.6 49.7 73.9 71.4 65.2

Financial activities

1.2 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.2 8.0 17.6 51.7 75.8 80.8 76.8

Finance and insurance

1.2 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.9 9.2 19.1 55.2 80.3 84.4 78.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.1 2.7 5.1 14.1 43.5 65.1 72.3 74.0

Professional and business services

3.2 2.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.8 8.3 20.3 46.7 68.3 76.3 77.2

Professional and technical services

2.3 1.6 0.5 0.9 0.6 1.5 4.6 14.9 41.7 68.3 77.7 78.6

Management, administrative, and waste services

5.4 3.7 3.4 2.1 3.2 5.6 16.9 32.7 58.0 68.3 73.2 73.8

Education and health services

3.7 3.6 3.0 3.0 4.2 5.3 10.8 25.1 54.3 71.3 73.7 73.6

Educational services

1.7 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.5 5.4 18.8 54.2 71.2 72.8 71.9

Healthcare and social assistance

5.3 5.6 4.9 5.2 6.5 8.1 14.7 29.7 54.4 71.4 74.3 74.8

Leisure and hospitality

3.5 2.9 2.0 1.4 2.3 4.5 11.3 19.1 33.8 44.3 55.9 58.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3.2 3.6 3.8 4.3 2.0 4.4 15.5 18.7 29.4 (1)- 63.7 59.6

Accommodation and food services

3.7 2.7 1.4 0.5 2.4 4.6 10.0 19.2 35.2 42.7 53.3 57.5

Other services

0.5 0.4 (2)- (2)- 0.9 1.6 6.1 19.1 40.5 64.5 72.5 73.6

Other services, except private households

0.6 0.4 (2)- (2)- 0.9 1.7 6.3 18.2 40.1 64.9 72.8 72.4

Other services, private households

(1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)-

Public administration

3.3 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.2 5.4 11.8 24.8 57.8 74.7 76.2 74.2

Footnotes
(1) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
(2) Estimate is approximately zero.

NOTE: Estimates refer to work done for one's main job only and exclude travel related to work. Other activities done simultaneously are not included. These estimates are a snapshot showing the percent of individuals working at the one-minute interval that starts at the time indicated. Data refer to persons 15 years and over. For technical information about the American Time Use Survey, see the ATUS User's Guide at https://www.bls.gov/tus/atususersguide.pdf.
Source: American Time Use Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Table A-5B. Percent of employed persons working on their main job on days they worked by industry and hour of day, 12 PM to 11 PM, average for the combined years 2021-23
Industry 12 PM 1 PM 2 PM 3 PM 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM 11 PM

Total, 15 years and over

56.5 66.6 70.1 65.7 54.3 32.5 18.2 12.7 10.8 9.3 7.3 4.9

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting

55.5 70.1 62.9 60.0 49.1 31.6 22.6 15.2 10.6 2.5 2.5 2.0

Mining

(1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)-

Construction

52.3 78.6 82.2 70.3 44.3 22.3 10.4 5.1 2.6 3.9 2.0 1.2

Manufacturing

51.3 70.1 71.9 66.1 55.0 31.3 16.1 11.1 10.5 11.9 11.0 7.1

Durable goods manufacturing

52.0 72.5 71.5 66.7 54.6 30.6 13.2 9.9 10.2 11.1 9.0 6.3

Nondurable goods manufacturing

50.0 65.6 72.6 65.0 55.7 32.7 21.4 13.4 11.0 13.5 14.8 8.5

Wholesale and retail trade

58.5 66.0 68.1 63.6 53.3 35.6 21.5 15.6 14.5 10.4 7.9 5.2

Wholesale trade

61.5 71.1 70.5 72.1 54.1 24.6 9.4 6.7 6.0 2.8 4.7 6.1

Retail trade

57.9 65.0 67.6 62.0 53.2 37.7 23.9 17.2 16.1 11.8 8.5 5.1

Transportation and utilities

55.4 61.9 57.8 58.1 47.7 30.5 23.0 20.1 19.1 15.8 12.4 10.0

Transportation and warehousing

52.9 57.3 54.6 54.3 47.8 32.6 26.2 23.1 22.5 18.5 14.2 12.3

Utilities

(1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)-

Information

48.5 65.7 72.3 71.3 (1)- 32.2 19.1 11.8 8.0 6.6 6.9 5.0

Financial activities

60.2 65.4 74.0 72.7 63.3 32.7 13.5 6.9 6.0 4.5 2.5 1.6

Finance and insurance

62.8 67.3 75.3 73.0 63.9 32.9 13.8 6.3 5.4 4.1 2.4 1.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

54.0 60.7 70.7 71.8 61.7 32.3 12.9 8.4 7.3 5.6 2.6 1.8

Professional and business services

56.1 67.4 73.9 70.7 62.2 40.2 18.5 12.2 10.3 8.9 7.5 4.9

Professional and technical services

57.1 66.1 76.4 74.8 68.1 44.5 18.7 11.1 8.8 8.2 7.2 4.5

Management, administrative, and waste services

53.9 70.2 68.2 61.5 48.6 30.4 18.0 14.9 13.7 10.5 7.9 5.9

Education and health services

57.7 66.0 70.0 64.6 51.9 28.3 14.6 10.4 9.3 8.0 7.1 4.9

Educational services

56.5 69.3 70.8 63.4 46.5 23.0 11.9 8.0 8.3 7.5 5.8 2.0

Healthcare and social assistance

58.5 63.6 69.4 65.5 55.9 32.2 16.6 12.1 10.0 8.4 8.1 7.1

Leisure and hospitality

57.6 52.1 54.0 48.1 45.5 40.5 34.3 29.5 26.4 21.5 14.6 8.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

56.9 43.7 59.3 (1)- 51.4 41.0 (1)- 20.0 19.5 14.3 10.3 8.5

Accommodation and food services

57.8 54.8 52.2 46.5 43.7 40.4 34.1 32.5 28.6 23.8 16.0 8.4

Other services

59.8 66.7 66.7 63.3 52.8 31.6 21.7 11.5 4.3 4.0 2.2 1.1

Other services, except private households

59.4 65.3 67.7 64.7 54.9 33.6 23.1 12.2 4.5 4.2 2.3 1.2

Other services, private households

(1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)- (1)-

Public administration

58.3 67.7 77.2 74.9 61.9 29.4 16.6 12.1 9.4 8.8 5.3 4.2

Footnotes
(1) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.

NOTE: Estimates refer to work done for one's main job only and exclude travel related to work. Other activities done simultaneously are not included. These estimates are a snapshot showing the percent of individuals working at the one-minute interval that starts at the time indicated. Data refer to persons 15 years and over. For technical information about the American Time Use Survey, see the ATUS User's Guide at https://www.bls.gov/tus/atususersguide.pdf.
Source: American Time Use Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: August 1, 2024