Washington, D.C. ranks at number 15 among 116 cities on the personal finance website WalletHub’s 2019 ranking of Hardest-Working Cities in America.
D.C. got a total score of 70.71 on the list, a Direct Work Factors ranking of 14, and Indirect Work Factors ranking of 20.
WalletHub compared 116 largest cities across 10 key metrics to come up with the list of most hardworking cities in the country. Employment rate and average work hours put in by workers every week were included in the data set used for the ranking.
The most populated cities were compared by WalletHub according to two key dimensions, Direct Work Factors and Indirect Work Factors.
“We evaluated those dimensions using 10 key metrics, which are listed below with their corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the ‘hardest-working’,” according to WalletHub.
At least one city from each of the 50 states was represented in the sample. The surrounding metro area was excluded from the ranking, and only proper cities were taken into account.
According to WalletHub, an average U.S. worker works for 1,780 hours every year, which is 70 hours longer than the average in Japan, 266 hours more than the U.K., and 424 hours more than in Germany.
Data used for the ranking was collected from various sources including the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Travel Association, Gallup, Social Science Research Council and Corporation for National & Community Service.