15 hardest-working cities in the United States

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Workers in the U.S. already have infamously long workweeks, putting in approximately 1,800 hours of work each year and beating out Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Japan. 

Even then, some cities in the U.S. have workers pushing themselves to the brink — WalletHub examined 116 of the largest cities in the U.S., ranking which cities work the hardest using 11 key metrics, such as average workweek hours, share of workers with unused vacation time, share of workers with multiple jobs and average commute time. 

Score: 77.12

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Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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