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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.
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Percent of employed people who worked at home and at their workplace on days worked, 2024 annual averages
Status
Percent who worked at workplace
Percent who worked at home
Total
72.4%
32.5%
Full-time workers
72.9%
33.4%
Part-time workers
70.0%
27.9%
Single jobholders
72.4%
31.9%
Multiple jobholders
72.4%
37.4%
Less than a high school diploma
87.4%
5.0%
High school graduates, no college
84.0%
17.8%
Some college or associate degree
77.3%
25.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher
58.6%
50.0%
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:
2.01 in 2024
Eating and drinking:
1.24 in 2024
Leisure and sports:
5.07 in 2024
Sleeping:
9.04 in 2024
Caring for and helping household children, parents:
1.45 in 2024
Working, employed persons:
4.95 in 2024
Working on days worked, employed persons:
7.60 in 2024
PERCENT PARTICIPATING ON AN AVERAGE DAY
Working, employed persons:
65.0 in 2024
Participating in sports, exercise, and recreation:
21.5 in 2024
Historical Data
News Release
News Releases
87% of full-time employed people work on an average weekday in 2024
06/26/2025
In 2024, 87 percent of full-time employed people worked on an average weekday,
compared with 29 percent on an average weekend day. Full-time employed people
averaged 8.4 hours of work on weekdays they worked, and 5.6 hours on weekend
days they worked.
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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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The Economics Daily
38.3 percent of employed older Americans worked part time in 2024
In 2024, about one in five people age 65 and older participated in the labor force by working or looking for work. However, older Americans who continue to work often shift toward part-time rather than full-time employment. Among employed people age 65 and older, 38.3 percent worked part time in 2024. 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 »
