between commuting time and work hours, new york city residents have the longest work weeks among the country's 30 biggest cities, city comptroller scott stringer said in a report released tuesday the report said a typical week for a full time new york worker adds up to more than 49 hours, including an average of more than six hours of commuting time that was more than four hours longer than in milwaukee, wisconsin, where the average work week was about 44 1/2 hours commuting time made up just under 3 1/2 hours of that the report was based on data from the us census from 1990 and 2000 and the 2013 american community survey busy schedules: the report said a typical week for a full time new york worker adds up to more than 49 hours, including an average of more than six hours of commuting time commuters are seen in new york in 2014  research: new york city comptroller scott stringer released the findings in a report on tuesday stringer is seen here in this march 5, 2015 file photo  stringer said commuting times were longer for lower wage workers, who were more likely than higher wage workers to live in parts of the city that aren't as well served by public transportation security guards, for example, on average spent more than eight hours a week commuting 'nursing and home health aides and maids and housekeepers also report long commutes, while chief executives, taxi drivers and physicians and surgeons report the shortest commutes,' the report said in a statement, stringer said 'new york is america’s hardest working city, but it’s a one two punch for lower wage workers, who get paid less and travel longer to get to work 'this means employees in the big apple get paid less than it appears on an hourly basis, because their commutes are significantly greater than anyone else in the country' the report found that 'in new york city, workers in the finance sector, on average, work the longest workweeks with usual work schedules topping 47 hours, new york city financial workers spend, on average, almost four hours more per week working than do their counterparts in other large cities' it also said that workers in advertising, media, computer, legal services, arts and entertainment, food service, and retail trade have longer hours compared to people with jobs in those industries in other major us cities 'but longer workweeks are not characteristic of all new york city industries,' the report said city workers in manufacturing, real estate, and health care, for example, work fewer hours in a typical week than do workers in those industries in other large cities' stringer said the report showed a need for the city to expand its transit networks, as well as promote flexible work arrangements along with predictable scheduling 'if new york city is going to symbolize the american dream, we can’t be a nightmare when it comes to long work hours and commuting,' stringer said in the statement 'our residents deserve better' long day: though new york workers have an average work week of 425 hours, in san francisco workers work approximately 44 hours per week  note: all figures are listed in hours, minutes 1 new york, ny   4250 work, 618 commute, 4908 total  2 san francisco, ca   4401 work, 457 commute, 4858 total  3 washington, dc   4350 work, 449 commute, 4839 total  4 houston, tx   4344 work, 433  commute, 4818 total  5 fort worth, tx   4343 work, 418  commute, 4801 total  6 chicago, il   4236 work, 525  commute, 4801 total  7 boston, ma   4253  work, 443 commute, 4736 total  8 charlotte, nc   4350  work, 345  commute, 4735 total  9 baltimore, md   4234 work, 451 commute, 4725 total  10 seattle, wa   4317 work, 406 commute, 4723 total  11 austin, tx   4327 work, 354 commute, 4721 total  12 dallas, tx   4256 work, 415 commute, 4712 total  13 philadelphia, pa   4201 work, 501 commute, 4702 total  14 san antonio, tx   4304 work,  357 commute, 4701 total  14 san jose, ca   4248 work, 412 commute, 4701 total  16 denver, co   4250 work, 358 commute, 4648 total  16 los angeles, ca   4209 work, 438 commute, 4648 total  18  nashville davidson, tn   4246 work, 339 commute, 4625 total  19 jacksonville, fl   42 21 work, 348 commute, 4610 total  19 san diego, ca   4212 work,  358 commute, 4610 total  21 memphis, tn   4222 work, 345 commute, 4607 total  22 columbus, oh   4238 work, 326 commute, 4604 total  22 indianapolis, in   4224 work, 340 commute, 4604 total  24 louisville, ky   4236 work, 327 commute, 4603 total  25 portland, or   4209 work, 348 commute, 4557 total  26 phoenix, az   4154 work, 358 commute, 4552 total  27 el paso, tx   4202 work, 336 commute, 4538 total  28 las vegas, nv   4136 work, 349 commute, 4526 total  29 detroit, mi   4107 work, 417 commute, 4524 total  30 milwaukee, wi   4114 work, 340 commute, 4453 total  source:  nyc comptroller's report, based off microdata from the american community survey 
new york city the longest work weeks scott stringer tuesday a typical week new york more than 49 hours more than six hours more than four hours milwaukee wisconsin the average work week about 44 1/2 hours
new york city residents have the longest work weeks among the country's 30 biggest cities, city comptroller scott stringer said in a tuesday report . a typical week for a full time new york worker adds up to more than 49 hours, including an average of more than six hours of commuting time . that was more than four hours longer than in milwaukee, wisconsin, where the average work week was about 44 1/2 hours 