Gender differences in the average working week

31 hours

Longer female average working week

Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services

20 hours

Longer male working week

Elected officers and representatives

18 hours

Longer female average working week

Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture

15 hours

Longer male working week

Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2019

#	Occupation	Average female working week 2019	Average male work weeking 2019	Difference
1	Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services	78 hours	47 hours	31 hours
2	Elected officers and representatives	42 hours	62 hours	20 hours
3	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture	61 hours	43 hours	18 hours
4	Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors	45 hours	60 hours	15 hours
5	Social and humanities scientists	39 hours	51 hours	12 hours
6	Electronics engineers	30 hours	42 hours	12 hours
7	Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	49 hours	60 hours	11 hours
8	Publicans and managers of licensed premises	49 hours	60 hours	11 hours
9	Travel agency managers and proprietors	45 hours	56 hours	11 hours
10	Electrical engineers	29 hours	39 hours	10 hours
11	Health care practice managers	60 hours	51 hours	9 hours
12	Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors	50 hours	43 hours	7 hours
13	Garage managers and proprietors	62 hours	69 hours	7 hours
14	Shopkeepers and proprietors – wholesale and retail	71 hours	78 hours	7 hours
15	Mechanical engineers	32 hours	39 hours	7 hours
16	IT specialist managers	31 hours	38 hours	7 hours
17	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	49 hours	55 hours	6 hours
18	Programmers and software development professionals	31 hours	37 hours	6 hours
19	Conservation professionals	36 hours	42 hours	6 hours
20	Environment professionals	33 hours	39 hours	6 hours
21	Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors	60 hours	65 hours	5 hours
22	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	32 hours	37 hours	5 hours
23	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	43 hours	39 hours	4 hours
24	Human resource managers and directors	36 hours	40 hours	4 hours
25	Information technology and telecommunications directors	34 hours	38 hours	4 hours
26	Web design and development professionals	32 hours	36 hours	4 hours
27	Information technology and telecommunications professionals n.e.c.	32 hours	36 hours	4 hours
28	Research and development managers	34 hours	38 hours	4 hours
29	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	35 hours	38 hours	3 hours
30	Marketing and sales directors	35 hours	38 hours	3 hours
31	Functional managers and directors n.e.c.	36 hours	39 hours	3 hours
32	Property, housing and estate managers	51 hours	48 hours	3 hours
33	Chemical scientists	38 hours	41 hours	3 hours
34	Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.	39 hours	42 hours	3 hours
35	Production and process engineers	35 hours	38 hours	3 hours
36	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	35 hours	38 hours	3 hours
37	Chief executives and senior officials	35 hours	37 hours	2 hours
38	Financial managers and directors	37 hours	39 hours	2 hours
39	Purchasing managers and directors	34 hours	36 hours	2 hours
40	Physical scientists	40 hours	42 hours	2 hours
41	IT project and programme managers	35 hours	37 hours	2 hours
42	Leisure and sports managers	52 hours	51 hours	1 hours
43	Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.	51 hours	52 hours	1 hours
44	Design and development engineers	38 hours	37 hours	1 hours
45	Medical practitioners	34 hours	35 hours	1 hours
46	Production managers and directors in construction	41 hours	41 hours	0 hours
47	Advertising and public relations directors	41 hours	41 hours	0 hours
48	Biological scientists and biochemists	37 hours	37 hours	0 hours
49	Civil engineers	38 hours	38 hours	0 hours
50	Psychologists	32 hours	32 hours	0 hours

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