If you live in Washington D.C., Houston or Atlanta, it might be time to take a vacation. Those three cities, followed by Seattle and Chicago, are the most overworked cities in the United States, according to a study released by the mobile technology company Kisi last week. For those looking to catch a break at work, consider San Diego, Sacramento and Omaha: the study rated those cities as the least work-intensive.
Researchers came to these conclusions by looking at how much time people spend on their jobs: how many hours people work in a week; how long they travel back and forth between their places of work and home; how many vacation days they take and how much paid family leave they're offered.
People in Washington D.C. work about 43 hours a week on average, take nine days of vacation and spend about 35 minutes each day getting to work. The main factor dragging down the nation's capital seems to be the amount of paid family leave that's mandated by law. Currently, Washington has zero days of legally mandated paid leave, although the city has announced a paid family leave plan beginning in 2020. Meanwhile, people in San Diego work about 42 hours a week, take nine vacation days and spend about 26 minutes getting to work. But under California law, the city fares much better on paid family leave policies.
Kisi's data is part of a comprehensive index that ranks 40 cities based on their work-life balance. Kisi says, it shouldn't be interpreted as a list of the best places to live or work. Instead, it's a guide for cities to know how they can make life easier for residents.
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