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 6.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in February 2026, versus 4.0 in January 2026.
Sample. There are 296 data points in the monthly series shown in the plot above. The time span covered by the series goes from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Check out some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index reached its maximum of 27.0 in April 2021; it recorded a minimum of -50.0 in April 2020; it had a mean of 0.8.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 3.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 4.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 6.0 |
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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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