Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey: Average employee workweek: Future (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 7.0 (share of CEOs seeing a future increase minus share forecasting a decrease) in February 2026, versus 2.0 in January.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 296 data points. The span of time covered by the series goes from July 2001 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics computed on the full sample: the diffusion index had a mean of 5.1; it recorded a bottom of -27.0 in January 2009; it achieved a maximum of 31.0 in June 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 5.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 2.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 7.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Will the average employee workweek increase or decrease over the next six months? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Leading 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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