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Swiss Statistics

Employment and workweek – IndicatorsNormal working hours

Normal annual no. of working hours for full-time employees per gender and branch of economic activity

2010, domestic concept, in no. of hours per job
 TotalMenWomen
NOGA branch of economic activity   
Agriculture, forestry and fishing2 1642 181(2 099)
Manufacturing, Mining and quarrying1 9211 9271 899
Construction1 9741 976(1 911)
Trade; rep. of motor vehicles a. moto.1 9601 9791 920
Transportation and storage1 9361 9411 908
Accomodation and food service activities2 0052 0082 000
Information and communications1 9321 9441 879
Financial and insurance activities1 9121 9211 893
Real estate activities, admin. and support serv. activities1 9741 9921 930
Prof., scientific and tech. activities1 9701 9941 914
Public administration and defence1 9181 9251 900
Education 1)
Human health and social work activities1 9391 9791 913
Arts, other service activities1 9511 9721 926
Total1 9441 9561 912

1) For education, working time, divided into weeks with and without attendance at school was not taken into account satisfactorily by the Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS) which is the main source for the Work Volume Statistics (WV). For this reason, we have decided not to publish data for the economic sector for the time being.

Work Volume Statistics (WV), SFSO

Duration of normal workweek in companies per branch of economic activity

Domestic concept, in no. of hours per week
 20062007200820092010
NOGA branch of economic activity     
Agriculture, forestry and fishing42.942.842.743.042.3
Mining and Quarrying42.742.742.642.642.3
Manufacturing41.241.241.241.241.2
Electricity, gas a. steam supply41.341.241.341.141.1
Water supply43.042.942.743.043.1
Construction41.741.741.641.741.6
Trade; rep. of motor vehicles a. moto.41.841.841.941.941.9
Transportation and storage42.342.442.442.442.5
Accomodation and food service activities42.142.142.042.042.3
Information and communications40.940.941.040.941.0
Financial and insurance activities41.541.441.441.441.3
Real estate activities41.641.541.641.541.6
Prof., scientific and tech. activities41.441.441.441.441.5
Admin. and support serv. activities42.142.042.042.042.0
Public administration and defence41.341.341.341.441.4
Education41.441.441.241.241.5
Human health and social work activities41.541.541.641.541.5
Arts, entertainment and recreation41.441.641.541.541.5
Other service activities41.941.941.941.841.8
Total41.741.741.641.641.6
Statistics on the Normal Workweek in Companies (NW), SFSO
Last updated: 17.11.2011
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