On The Grind: DC Ranked No.1 Most Overworked US City

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- WTOP News, Aug. 19, 2023. - Ed.

First came The Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting, as Americans left their jobs in record numbers in the wake of the pandemic. Now, some say The Great Resignation is over, which means Americans are back to doing what they do best: overworking themselves. D.C. overworks more than any other major U.S. city — edging out Denver, Colorado and Austin, Texas, according to a new study.

FinanceBuzz collected data on 50 of the biggest U.S. cities and ranked them according to 7 workforce factors, which were weighted.

D.C. scored highly in most of these categories, with one of the highest percentages of multi-job households, workers who work more than 50 weeks per year and number of older adults still in the workforce. Three cities on the Interstate-95 corridor cracked the top 10: Boston was number 6 & Baltimore was number 10. The highest concentration of overworked cities was in the middle of the U.S., with Denver & Indianapolis flanking either side of an almost straight line from Minneapolis, Kansas City & Dallas down to Austin.

- Weighted factors. The study focused on 7 factors that were weighted by their impact on the workforce. [Read more about methodology, metrics & sources here]. The 7 factors are listed below: Average number of hours worked per week, Percentage of workers that work 50+ weeks per year, Percentage of households where 2 or more people have jobs, Percentage of active workers that are aged 65+, Percentage of workers in each city’s state who have 2 or more jobs, Average commute time, Percentage of workers with a side hustle.

- Leading the nation: D.C. had the highest percentage of workers over 65 years old — 23.4% of workers still in the workforce past what has historically been the age of retirement. The District’s 31-minute average commute ranked 3rd after New York’s 34 minutes & Riverside, California, at 32.2 minutes. It also ranked 3rd-highest in dual-job households with 61.3%, only behind Salt Lake City at 63.6% & Minneapolis at 62%. D.C. ranked 4th for the average weeks worked each year, with 64% of workers clocking 50+ of the 52 weeks a year, only behind Denver, Minneapolis & Kansas City...

- More, https://wtop.com/dc/2023/08/on-the-grind-dc-ranked-no-1-most-overworked-us-city/