Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Average employee workweek: Future (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally unadjusted) - 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 unadjusted diffusion index for average employee workweek stood at 7.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in January 2026, compared to 11.0 in December 2025.
Sample. There are 295 records in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the period stretching from July 2001 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index had an average value of 5.0; it registered a minimum of -27.0 in January 2009; it hit a maximum of 28.0 in March 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 4.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 11.0 |
| 2026-01-01 | 7.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will the average employee workweek increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading indicator of the business cycle |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| 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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