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#OccupationAverage Weekly Hours 2019
1Gardeners and landscape gardeners79 hours
2Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors55 hours
3TV, video and audio engineers48 hours
4Carpenters and joiners45 hours
5Actors, entertainers and presenters43 hours
6Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers40 hours
7Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.39 hours
8Chefs39 hours
9Arts officers, producers and directors38 hours
10Graphic designers38 hours
11Marketing and sales directors37 hours
12Research and development managers37 hours
13Design and development engineers37 hours
14Programmers and software development professionals36 hours
15Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators36 hours
16Marketing associate professionals36 hours
17Web design and development professionals35 hours
18Artists35 hours
19Upholsterers34 hours
20Librarians33 hours
21Authors, writers and translators33 hours
22Product, clothing and related designers33 hours
23Architects31 hours
24Advertising accounts managers and creative directors31 hours
25Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors30 hours
26Archivists and curators29 hours
27Dancers and choreographers29 hours
28Smiths and forge workers27 hours
29Musicians22 hours
30Teaching and other educational professionals n.e.c.20 hours

Compare the highest and lowest average weekly hours

#1
79 hours
Gardeners and landscape gardeners
Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
#2
55 hours
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors
Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
#3
48 hours
TV, video and audio engineers
Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
#4
45 hours
Carpenters and joiners
Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

Comparing the 50 longest average working weeks

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