How Many Work Hours in a Year?

Find out how many hours a working professional works in a year!

Posted by Brian Jobs on October 12, 2022 · 6 mins read

How Many Work Hours in a Year in 2023


There are 1,992 work hours in a calendar year.

In 2023, there are 249 working days (excluding U.S. Holidays and Weekends) which equals to 1,992 full-time work hours.

Let's break it down...

According to the U.S. Office of Personal Management, there are 11 U.S. Federal Holidays:

  1. Monday, January 02 * New Year’s Day
  2. Monday, January 16 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  3. Monday, February 20 ** Washington’s Birthday
  4. Monday, May 29 Memorial Day
  5. Monday, June 19 Juneteenth National Independence Day
  6. Tuesday, July 04 Independence Day
  7. Monday, September 04 Labor Day
  8. Monday, October 09 Columbus Day
  9. Friday, November 10 * Veterans Day
  10. Thursday, November 23 Thanksgiving Day
  11. Monday, December 25 Christmas Day

How many days are in each month excluding U.S. Holidays and Weekends:

  • January = 31 - (9 + 2) = 20
  • Februay = 28 - (8 + 1) = 19
  • March = 31 - (8 + 0) = 23
  • April = 30 - (10 + 0) = 20
  • May = 31 - (8 + 1) = 22
  • June = 30 - (8 + 1) = 21
  • July = 31 - (10 + 1) = 20
  • August = 31 - (8 + 0) = 23
  • September = 30 - (9 + 1) = 20
  • October = 31 - (9 + 1) = 21
  • November = 30 - (8 + 2) = 20
  • December = 31 - (10 + 1) = 20

Total = 249 Working Days or 1,992 Working Hours


How Many Work Hours in a Year in 2022

There are 1,976 work hours in a calendar year.

In 2022, there are 247 working days (excluding U.S. Holidays and Weekends) which equals to 1,976 full-time work hours.

In addition, if you are a part-time employee (~20 hours), then there are 988 working hours.

Furthermore, in 2023, there are 249 working days (excluding U.S. Holidays and Weekends) which equals 1,992 full-time working hours.

Lastly, in 2024, there are 251 working days (excluding U.S. Holidays and Weekends) which equals 2,008 full-time working hours.

How to calculate the number of work hours in a year?

According to Wikipedia, a "calendar year" scientifically called a Gregorian Calendar has a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days.

Now, if we exclude 13 Federal U.S. Holidays in the 2022 calendar year:

  1. New Years Day
  2. Martin Luther King Day
  3. President's Day
  4. Memorial Day
  5. Juneteeth
  6. Juneteeth (Observed)
  7. Independance Day
  8. Labor Day
  9. Columbus Day
  10. Veterans Day
  11. Thanksgiving Day
  12. Christmas Day
  13. Christmas Day (Observed)

In addition, exlcude 105 weekend days in the 2022 calendar year:

  • January - 10
  • February - 8
  • March - 8
  • April - 9
  • May - 9
  • June - 8
  • July - 10
  • August - 8
  • September - 8
  • October - 10
  • November - 8
  • December - 9

As a result, the total number of days that we need to exclude in the 2022 calendar year are 118.

Calculate the Number of Working Hours in a Year

To calculate the number of hours in year we take the total number of days in a calendar year and subtract (weekends + U.S. Holidays).

For example:

2022 Calendar Days = 365

2022 Weekend Days = 105

2022 Federal U.S. Holidays = 13

365 - (105 + 13) = 365 - 118

365 - 118 = 247 working days

247 * 8 hours/day = 1976 working hours

How many work hours in a Month?

To calculate the number of working hours in a month we take the total number of days in a calendar month and subtract (Weekends days + U.S. Holidays).

Let's take a look at January 2022:

2022 Calendar Days in January = 31

2022 Weekend Days in January = 10

2022 Federal U.S. Holidays in January = 2

31 - (10 + 2) = 31 - 12

31 - 12 = 19 working days

19 * 8 hours/day = 1,152 working hours in January

Source: Datatopedia


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