Plano 3rd Hardest Working City

This study is interesting and comes right before the Employee Appreciation Day on March 4th.

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Americans pride themselves on hard work. Our strong work ethic, after all, is what helped to build the world’s most powerful economy — a status that is likely to remain unchallenged forn some years to come. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we are 400 percent more productive today than in 1950. Were we lazier then? Not at all. On the contrary, mid-century Americans worked nearly 205 hours more per year than we did in 2011. All of our productivity gains in recent decades simply resulted from rapid technological growth that allowed us to increase automation and efficiency.

Still, research shows we work 20 percent more hours yet are still less productive than our European peers. America’s obsession with higher output has indeed landed our nation at the top of the global food chain, but it’s also led to our image as workaholic robots, working longer days, taking fewer vacations and retiring much later. Only one in five Americans even step out for lunch these days while the Spaniards enjoy up to three-hour midday breaks to eat, nap and smell the rosas. Other countries follow a similar daily ritual of R&R.

In honor of Employee Appreciation Day on March 4, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 116 largest cities based on six key metrics to recognize the hardest workers in the U.S. Our data set ranges from “labor force participation rate” to “average weekly work hours” to “number of workers with multiple jobs.” Scroll down to for the results, expert commentary and a full description of our methodology.

How Hard People Work in Plano (1=Best, 58=Avg.):

2^nd– Average Hours Worked Per Week
32^nd– Commute Time
22^nd– Labor Force Participation Rate
37^th– Volunteer Hours per Resident

Rankings:

Overall Rank	City	Total Score	Direct Work Factors Rank	Indirect Work Factors Rank
1	Anchorage, AK	88.42	1	13
2	Virginia Beach, VA	80.42	5	9
3	Plano, TX	79.56	2	66
4	Sioux Falls, SD	78.06	11	3
5	Irving, TX	76.09	3	81
6	Scottsdale, AZ	76.08	4	73
7	San Francisco, CA	75.33	7	28
8	Cheyenne, WY	75.32	6	111
9	Washington, DC	74.28	8	44
10	Charlotte, NC	73.07	12	35
11	Gilbert, AZ	72.99	9	46
12	Corpus Christi, TX	72.93	10	95
13	Denver, CO	71.35	20	15
14	Billings, MT	70.65	31	1
15	Chandler, AZ	70.53	13	61
16	Jersey City, NJ	70.45	21	17
17	Chesapeake, VA	70.44	28	6
18	Garland, TX	70.33	14	53
19	Oklahoma City, OK	70.25	17	96
20	Houston, TX	70.15	15	59
21	Aurora, CO	69.80	26	11
22	Dallas, TX	69.55	16	67
23	Manchester, NH	68.81	27	29
24	Arlington, TX	68.71	18	63
25	Austin, TX	68.58	23	75