Working Hours Per Month In 2024

You’re planning out 2024 (a leap year, by the way) and you need to know the amount of working hours per month. Here are all of the answers that you need–organized succinctly. 

 

Working Hours Per Month (2024)

• Here’s how we calculate work days: Weekdays – federal holidays = work days (Federal holidays are not counted as work days in our dataset)
• Here’s how we calculate work hours: Work days * 8 hours/day (Federal holidays are therefore not counted toward total work hours)

Here are the working days in the second quarter of 2024:

• April 2024: 176 work hours 
• May 2024: 176 work hours
• June 2024: 152 work hours

See Also: Work Days Are In A Year: 2023 – 2032

 

How many work hours per month (if holidays are included)?

In the table above, federal holidays are not counted as work hours. If you want to count those holidays toward total work hours, here are the answers:

 

How many working hours are there in 2024?

In 2024, there are 2,008 total work hours for a standard work week. This figure is calculated by taking 251 total work days multiplied by eight hours per day.

See Also: Calculate work hours between two periods here.

 

How many work hours are in an average month?

In 2024, there are 167.33 work hours in a month on average. This figure is calculated by taking 2,008 total work hours divided by 12 months.

See Also: Weekend Days In A Year

 

What are the federal holidays for 2024?

There are 11 federal holidays in 2024. Here are the holidays and when they fall.

1. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday: Monday, January 15
3. President’s Day: Monday, February 19
4. Memorial Day: Monday, May 27
5. Juneteenth: Wednesday, June 19
6. Independence Day: Thursday, July 4
7. Labor Day: Monday, September 2
8. Columbus Day: Monday, October 14
9. Veterans Day: Monday, November 11
10. Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 28
11. Christmas: Wednesday, December 25

 

Definitions

Just so we’re on the same page, here is how we define each term used above.

• Work days (business days): A weekday, Monday – Friday, that is not a federal holiday.
• Work hours: A work day with eight hours
• Federal holidays: The list of paid weekdays off employees of the U. S. federal government, according to the Office of Personnel Management
• Weekend days: Saturdays and Sundays
• Standard work week: Eight hours of work per day on Monday through Friday, totaling 40 hours per week

 

2024 Calendar Resources & Downloads

Want to take some of this data with you? Feel free to download any of these images and datasets for the 2024 work calendar. If you choose to use it on your website, please give credit to Buildremote using this article’s website address.

 

Working Hours Calculator

Want to calculate how many work hours occur between two dates? Use work hours calculator and customize the results based on which days you work, the holidays you take, and more.

 

Spreadsheet: 2024 Work Calendar Dataset

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2024 Printable Work Calendar

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Additional Work Week Articles

Want to see working hours and days for a different year?

• 2023
• 2025
• Working hours or working days per year from 2023-2032
• Calculate headcount and full-time equivalents