Americans are working less hours than they ever have as a whole.
The BLS reports the average is down to 34.5 hours per week:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t18.htm
The hours per year are comparable to Japan, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, and only 1.4% greater than the OECD average:
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS
Meanwhile, a smaller percentage of Americans are working than at any other time than in the past 35 years:
http://i.imgur.com/c5iStWB.jpg
Americans are working less hours than they ever have as a whole.
The BLS reports the average is down to 34.5 hours per week:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t18.htm
The hours per year are comparable to Japan, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, and only 1.4% greater than the OECD average:
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ANHRS
Meanwhile, a smaller percentage of Americans are working than at any other time than in the past 35 years:
http://i.imgur.com/c5iStWB.jpg