Oklahoma ranked among hardest-working states
Among all 50 states, Oklahoma ranked No. 6 for the hardest-working of 2019, according to personal financial website WalletHub.
To determine which state worked the hardest, WalletHub studied two factors: Direct work factors, such as average workweek hours, employment rate, share of workers leaving vacation time unused, households where no adults work and idle youth which comprises 16- to 24-year-olds who are neither in school nor working; and indirect work factors, such as average commute time, workers with multiple jobs, annual volunteer hours and average leisure time spent per day.
Each category used a metric based on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 being hardest-working.
Oklahoma earned a total score of 56.81 on the 100-point scale.
North Dakota finished as the hardest working state with a score of 72.85 while West Virginia was last at 30.04.
Hardest-Working States in the United States |
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Rank |
State |
Score |
Direct Factors |
Indirect Factors |
1 |
North Dakota |
72.85 |
1 |
40 |
2 |
Alaska |
65.14 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
Wyoming |
61.92 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
Texas |
61.22 |
3 |
30 |
5 |
Nebraska |
59.52 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
Oklahoma |
56.81 |
5 |
24 |
7 |
Colorado |
56.56 |
9 |
15 |
8 |
Virginia |
56.40 |
11 |
7 |
9 |
Maryland |
56.18 |
13 |
2 |
10 |
Hawaii |
55.30 |
8 |
28 |
For a complete list of the hardest-working states in the United States, visit WalletHub.