In 2025, the normal “9 to five” is wanting somewhat extra like an “8 to 4.”
ActivTrak’s newly launched 2025 State of the Office report discovered that the typical American workday is ending at round 4:39 p.m. and beginning at round 8 a.m. In the meantime, the report notes that two years in the past, folks weren’t leaving their desks (or house workplaces) till round 5:21 p.m.
“These are wholesome numbers,” stated Gabriela Mauch, the pinnacle of ActivTrak’s Productiveness Lab, per Bloomberg. “We have tailored to a standard workday on common whereas providing flexibility and fluidity in a manner that meets staff the place they’re.”
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ActivTrak checked out information on almost 200,000 staff working at 777 corporations, monitoring office behaviors from productiveness bursts to clock-out occasions. The info revealed that productiveness has gone up by about 2%, and staff are likely to work in productive 24-minute bursts.
The months with probably the most hours labored (round 9 a day on common) have been August and December. Mauch famous to Bloomberg that August was because of a post-vacation work rush and December due to the end-of-year push. February and October, in the meantime, had the shortest workday lengths (8 hours and 35 minutes), in line with the report.
And regardless of the most important return-to-office push, the report discovered a giant win for totally distant staff: They’re the best employees.
“Distant-only employees have the very best day by day productiveness (+29 minutes) vs. different employee varieties,” the report notes.
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