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 1.0 (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) in December 2025, compared to 0.0 in November 2025.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the figure has 294 observations overall. The series covers the period going from July 2001 to December 2025.
History. Check out a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: the diffusion index averaged 0.8; it reached a maximum of 28.0 in June 2018; it registered a minimum of -50.0 in April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | -2.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 0.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1.0 |
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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 | 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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