How many work hours in a year? We're breaking down the American workweek.

Have you ever wondered how many hours you spend working in a year? Well, we crunched some numbers and here's what we know about the American work year. The average employee works around 8 hours per weekday. So an employee who works a traditional 40 hour work week spends about 2080 hours working in a year. That's the equivalent of around three months. Depressing. There are 260 working days in a year, which means you spend approximately 71% of your year working. If you don't account for any time off, take your vacation. So how do holidays factor into all of this? the US government recognizes 11 federal holidays. Federal employees get all 11 off, and if you're lucky enough to have the same benefit, you'll get an extra 88 hours off throughout the year. A Forbes survey found that US employees get an average of 7.6 paid holidays per year. The most common are. Thanks Christmas, New Year's Day, Independence Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day, which you make up for the rest of the year.