Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Average employee workweek: Current (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 was 14.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in September 2026, compared to 4.0 in August.
Sample. The monthly time series displayed in the plot has 303 observations. The series covers the time period stretching from July 2001 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: the diffusion index had a mean value of 0.9; it recorded its maximum of 28.0 in June 2018; it reached its minimum of -50.0 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 2.00000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 14.0000 |
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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 | 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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