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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 6, 2018
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February 6, 2018: The average American worker puts in 1,779 hours on the job each year. Allowing for two weeks of vacation, that works out to 36 hours per week on average.[1]
Workers in six countries put in more hours—Mexico, South Korea, Greece, Chile, Russia, and Turkey.
Workers in France and Germany put in substantially fewer hours.
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- February 5, 2018 – 49 members of U.S. House retiring rather than seeking re-election
- February 2, 2018 – 51 million people watched Super Bowl I
- February 1, 2018 – 1.5 trillion dollars in unfunded state liabilities
- January 31, 2018 – 42 percent of eligible Mexican immigrants have become U.S. citizens
- January 30, 2018 – 50 years ago today, the Tet Offensive began in Vietnam
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