Texas is One of the Hardest Working States

Just in time for Labor Day, WalletHub has released a list of the hardest working states in the US. The following factors were used in the study:

• Average Workweek Hours
• Employment Rate
• Idle Youth Rate
• Annual Volunteer Hours per Resident
• Average Leisure Time Spent per Day

Texas was only in the top 5 in one of these categories and that was 'Average Workweek Hours'. Texas came in 4th on the list behind Alaska, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Despite that, Texas still came in 4th on the list overall. Here is the complete list of Hardest-Working States in the US.

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