Labor Day 2023: These Are the Hardest Working States in America, Ranked

The unofficial end of summer: Labor Day. We must not forget the true meaning of this American holiday, which is to celebrate the American worker. The average American worker puts in about 1,811 hours of work per year!

With the post-pandemic American shift into a better balanced work/home lifestyle, it becomes most apparent that we work for a large fraction of our lives, and it is important to take a day off to relax. However, in 2022, Americans left 55 percent of their paid time off unused.

Those who don't use all of their paid leave usually share similar reasons of not doing so: Some worry that it will make them look less dedicated to their jobs, others don't want to get behind on their work.

To determine where Americans work the hardest, WalletHub compared the 50 states across many key factors. They range from average work-week hours to share of workers with multiple jobs, to annual volunteer hours per resident.

Below is the list of the hardest working states in America, as calculated by WalletHub.

1.  North Dakota
2.  Alaska
3.  South Dakota
4.  Nebraska
5.  Wyoming
6.  Texas
7.  Virginia
8.  Colorado
9.  Kansas
10.  Hawaii
11.  Maryland
12.  Iowa
13.  Georgia
14.  Oklahoma
15.  New Hampshire
16.  Tennessee
17.  Idaho
18.  Missouri
19.  Mississippi
20.  Louisiana
21.  Alabama
22.  Indiana
23.  Minnesota
24.  Montana
25.  Maine
26.  South Carolina
27.  North Carolina
28.  Utah
29.  Arizona
30.  Arkansas
31.  Florida
32.  Wisconsin
33.  New Jersey
34.  Kentucky
35.  California
36.  Washington
37.  Delaware
38.  Vermont
39.  Massachusetts
40.  Illinois
41.  Pennsylvania
42.  Oregon
43.  Rhode Island
44.  Ohio
45.  Nevada
46.  Connecticut
47.  Michigan
48.  West Virginia
49.  New York
50.  New Mexico

When it comes to average hours per work-week, Alaska comes in with the most hours worked per week, followed by Texas, North Dakota, Wyoming and Louisiana. The least hours per work-week go to New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois and Nevada.

Also tabulated were the states with the most leisure time per worker per day. Surprisingly enough, Hawaii spends the least amount of leisure time per day. One would think with all that beautiful scenery, leisure time would be one of the highest, but that is not the case.

Labor Day 2023 is Monday September, 4 in America.

Evan Paul is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 120 country radio stations nationwide, every night from 7PM to midnight. He plays the best new country music and interviews today's top stars, like Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Lady A, Morgan Wallen, + more!