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

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