1. Average hours American worker actually wastes – 2.09 hours per day
2. Top 5 Time-Wasting Excuses (%)
- Don’t have enough work to do 33.2%
- Underpaid for amount of work 23.4%
- Co-workers distract me 14.7%
- Not enough after-work time 12.0%
- Other 16.7%
3. Average hours American workers are expected to waste by HR – .94 hours per day
4. Difference between expected and actual time wasted – 1.15 hours per day, 299 hours per year
5. Average American worker’s annual salary $19.13 per hour, $153.04 per day, $39,795 per year
6. Total salary dollars wasted per employee – $5,720 per year
7. Total number of American workers (non-farm) – 132 million per year
8. Total salary cost to companies – $759 billion per year
9. Year of Birth Time Wasted Per Day:
- 1930-1949 0.50 hours
- 1950-1959 0.68 hours
- 1960-1969 1.19 hours
- 1970-1979 1.61 hours
- 1980-1985 1.95 hours
10. Top 10 Time Wasting Industries (per day)
- Insurance 2.5 hours
- Public Sector (Non-Education) 2.4 hours
- Research & Development 2.3 hours
- Education 2.2 hours
- Software and Internet 2.2 hours
11. Top 5 Time Wasting States
State – Time Wasted (hours/day) – Salary Dollars Wasted (per year)
- Missouri – 3.2 hours – $28.1 billion
- Indiana – 2.8 hours – $25.1 billion
- Kentucky – 2.8 hours – $15.4 billion
- Wisconsin – 2.8 hours – $23.8 billion
- Nevada – 2.7 hours – $9.8 billion
12. There are 11 million formal meetings per day in the United States. That’s over 3 billion meetings per year. 71% of the attendees feel the meetings aren’t productive. Source: salary.com, aol.com, Davidson Staffing, SocialCast.com
