WalletHub compared all 50 states on direct work factors — average workweek hours, employment rate, share of workers leaving vacation time unused and more — and indirect work factors, such as average commute time, volunteer hours and share of workers with multiple jobs. The scores were combined and graded on a 100-point scale.
Alaska, Texas, North Dakota, Wyoming and Louisiana ranked as the states with the highest average workweek hours.
Here are the top hardest-working states:
- North Dakota
- Alaska
- South Dakota
- Nebraska
- Wyoming
- Texas
- Virginia
- Colorado
- Kansas
- Hawaii
