Empire State Manufacturing Survey: Average employee workweek: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - NY FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Empire State Manufacturing Survey (NY FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to recent survey data about manufacturing firms in the State of New York, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for the average employee workweek (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at -5.1 in September 2025, versus 0.2 in August 2025.
Sample. There are 291 records in the montly series displayed in the figure above. The time range covered by the series is from July 2001 to September 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 1.1; it attained a maximum of 33.5 in April 2004; it reached its minimum of -63.2 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | 4.2 |
| 2025-08-31 | 0.2 |
| 2025-09-30 | -5.1 |
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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 |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Montly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Free use subject to conditions |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
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