Factory demand
Manufacturing average weekly hours
As of Jun 2026, manufacturing average weekly hours stands at 41.6 hours/week (Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED), steady over the recent window.
What this measures and why it matters
- Manufacturing average weekly hours is a demand-side signal for U.S. manufacturing: it says how much work is flowing through the sector. Reading it before committing to capacity, staffing, or inventory keeps those decisions aligned with where real order volume is heading.
- The figure comes from Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED and is reported in hours/week. MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.
Current reading and trend
- Latest reading: 41.6 hours/week for Jun 2026.
- Prior period: 41.6 (May 2026), a rise of 0.00.
- Compared with a year earlier, manufacturing average weekly hours is up 1.5%.
- Across the archived window the high was 41.6 in Feb 2026 and the low was 41.0 in Jun 2025.
- 13 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED publishes a new figure.
Recent observations
- Jun 2026: 41.6 hours/week
- May 2026: 41.6 hours/week
- Apr 2026: 41.6 hours/week
- Mar 2026: 41.5 hours/week
- Feb 2026: 41.6 hours/week
- Jan 2026: 41.4 hours/week
- Dec 2025: 41.1 hours/week
- Nov 2025: 41.3 hours/week
- Oct 2025: 41.1 hours/week
- Sep 2025: 41.0 hours/week
- Aug 2025: 41.0 hours/week
- Jul 2025: 41.1 hours/week
- Jun 2025: 41.0 hours/week
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.