Most other wealthy countries are similar to Germany: in the Netherlands, the average work year is 21% shorter than in the US and, in Denmark, it is 20% shorter.
Regardless some diversity between specialties it was found that full-time working doctors (1.0 fte, 100%) on the average work about 50 hours weekly [ 1, 2, 5].
Over the last year, however, the average work week has remained constant at 34.5 hours.
It is the average work week (plus one hour of overtime) in France.
The average work week ticked up to 34.5 hours, and average weekly earnings jumped more than three dollars to $821.79.
At the finance authority, which provides low-interest loans for home mortgages, the average work week is 37.5 hours.
Indeed, the average work experience of the students on the programmes ranked by The Economist varies significantly.
There is nothing natural about the length of the average work week or work year and there are, in fact, large variations across countries.
The payroll report showed that the average work week, which tends to fall during a downturn as employers cut back their workers' hours, remained steady last month.
At the University of Southern California program, the average work experience of students has jumped to 6.6 years in 2010, compared with five years in 2003.
Inflation-adjusted personal income and gross domestic product are still below the last business cycle peak, as is the average work week.
