Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Retail Trade

Average weekly hours relate to the average hours per worker for which pay was received and is different from standard or scheduled hours. Factors such as unpaid absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time work, and stoppages cause average weekly hours to be lower than scheduled hours of work for an establishment. Group averages further reflect changes in the workweek of component industries. Average weekly hours are the total weekly hours divided by the employees paid for those hours. The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES4200000002

Cite as: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Retail Trade [AWHAERT], retrieved from FRED, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/AWHAERT. This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.