How much of your life have you spent working?
The average American works 1,767 hours per year — more than workers in Germany (1,349), France (1,402) or the UK (1,532). Over a 40-year career that is approximately 70,680 total hours spent working. If you started working at 22 and retire at 62 you will have spent roughly 8 full years of 24-hour days at work.
A work hours calculator tallies the total hours spent working across a career based on weekly hours, weeks worked per year and career length. It converts this into meaningful comparisons — equivalent years of 24-hour days, percentage of waking life spent working and comparison to average hours in different countries and industries.
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