By Brooke Williams | Fox31
DENVER (KDVR) — Coloradans spend more time on the clock than people in most states in the U.S., according to a new report.
Qualtrics XM, a data tool for businesses, released a report in March analyzing what percentage of the past year people spent working. The study used data from the American Time Use Survey, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, for all 50 states.
A handful of states had fewer than 10 survey responses and were excluded from the main story, but were included in a separate list.
Where do people spend the most time working?
According to the report, people in these states spent the highest percentage of their past year working:
- Utah: 25.17%
- Mississippi: 23.89%
- North Carolina: 23.51%
- Alabama: 23.44%
- Colorado: 22.95%
According to the report, Utahns work an average of eight hours and 29 minutes per day, and their time on the clock accounts for over a quarter of the year.
Utah and Mississippi were the only states where the average workday exceeded eight hours.
Colorado ranked at No. 5, with an average workday lasting seven hours and 44 minutes. After a year with 260 workdays, Coloradans work an average of 120,617 minutes.
In the report, Qualtrics XM noted several reasons why people in some states work more hours than others.
“In states like Colorado, where housing and general cost-of-living expenses are high, workers may need to work more to afford their lifestyles,” the report states.