The U.S. States that work the hardest

[GON]

Fascinating graphic to take a look at while you drink your Saturday morning coffee. First time I have seen a chart like this.

 

[97prizm]

So orange could be considered the hardest working? Alot of the Blue states could be considered hard working due to farming, coal mining etc. Orange could be what high tech jobs requiring extensive college or degrees?

 

[Escape08]

The blues are on EBTs

 

[Vercingetorix]

I’m moving to Michigan.

 

[RooflessVW]

Fascinating graphic to take a look at while you drink your Saturday morning coffee. First time I have seen a chart like this.

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Hardest working by choice or...?

 

[Kira]

Working harder or working smarter?

 

[SC Maintenance]

Interesting idea, but I have a hard time believing they can come up with people in California work half the average person in TX?

I guess I would need to see there methodology? Are retirees factored into this mix?

The other part is no way anyone in Washington DC works 30 hours a week.

 

[Sam_Julier]

Folks, no political comments please. Thanks.

 

[dnewton3]

Anyone notice that the legend shows both the blue and green having the same "range" of metric values ???

If they can't even get the basics right ...

 

[fdcg27]

Unused vacation?
Really?
An inability to use earned PTO is a sign of either fearfulness or a sweatshop work environment, not hard work.

 

[BobsArmory]

Oh, they include commute time. Can you really consider sitting in your car work?

 

[The_Jeff]

A chart without methodology nor peer review worships taskmasters and the brown nosers who enable them.

How about making a chart of what states are so fertile with opportunity you can live a good well rounded life without commuting an hour or giving PTO back to the boss because "you can't use it?"

 

[RooflessVW]

Oh, they include commute time. Can you really consider sitting in your car work?

Uh, absolutely.

 

[AZjeff]

The NEET rate is a euro thing to quantify how many young people are living at home with no job for no reason.

At least there's an attribution to Wallethub. Not sure what that is but have seen the name.

 

[4wd]

Unused vacation?
Really?
An inability to use earned PTO is a sign of either fearfulness or a sweatshop work environment, not hard work.

Or the ability to sell it - once my favorite thing to do …

 

[fdcg27]

Or the ability to sell it - my favorite thing to do …

I used to do that since later in my career I was getting 30 days of vacay a year and used maybe half of that.
Most people these days get nothing like that much PTO.

 

[4wd]

I used to do that since later in my career I was getting 30 days of vacay a year and used maybe half of that.
Most people these days get nothing like that much PTO.

We can also carry over in some years if business is up - but the forecast is it might level or drop a bit - which can be handy as well …

 

[Oldwolf]

Just more online garbage.

 

[Pew]

Holy crap that has to be the worst metrics used to make a comparison I've ever seen. It can easily be deduced that the bread basket states would have the highest stats based off the criteria.

 

[doitmyself]

Working harder or working smarter?

That was my interpretation too. The orange states are actually behind the 8 ball, working harder, less efficiently, less intelligently. Having to sit in a vehicle commuting more useless hours IS working harder, not smarter. A guy installing deck boards with a hand screwdriver is working harder than one with a powered driver. A person skipping vacation days cause they cannot get their work accomplished is working harder too.

But in agreement with others - mostly useless graphic.