Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Average employee workweek: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Kansas City Fed - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about manufacturing firms in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for average employee workweek was 4.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in January 2026, compared to 3.0 in December 2025.
Sample. There are 295 observations in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time period extending from July 2001 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index recorded a minimum of -50.0 in April 2020; it achieved a maximum of 27.0 in April 2021; it had a mean value of 0.8.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 1.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 3.0 |
| 2026-01-01 | 4.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did the average employee workweek increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Reproduction allowed subject to conditions |
| Other information | FS correspondence: Average employee workweek |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM01 |
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