Here are some fun, random Labor Day stats:
1. 67% of Americans celebrate Labor Day.
2. 63% plan to barbeque sometime over the weekend.
3. Roughly 168 million Americans, 16 and older, are in the labor force.
4. The national unemployment rate was at 4.3% in July, which is down significantly from 9.5% 15 years ago. The unemployment rate peaked at 14.7% during the pandemic in April of 2020.
5. According to a recent poll, Washington, D.C. is the HARDEST working city . . . at an average of 8.1 hours of work per day. The national average isn’t THAT far off, at 7.9 hours.
6. Burlington, Vermont is the LAZIEST city . . . where people only work an average of 6.6 hours per workday. That’s out of the top 116 cities in America.
7. 78% of Americans left vacation days unused in 2023.
8. Nearly 2 in 3 Americans say inflation is affecting their Labor Day plans.
9. 67% of people believe they’re working harder this year than last year.
