The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its latest edition of the American Time Use Survey. The report examines the average amount of time Americans over the age of 15 spend on various activities each day, revealing significant variations between the daily lives of men and women as of 2025.
Across all age groups, women spend more time than men on household activities, averaging 2.38 hours and 1.58 hours, respectively, for all Americans ages 15 and older. Compared to men, women also dedicate significantly more of their daily time caring for household members. Among adults ages 25 to 34, women spend over twice as long per day caring for household members than men do (1.11 hours versus 0.47 hours). A similar, but slightly less pronounced, disparity was found among adults ages 35 to 44 (1.63 hours versus 0.81 hours).
In contrast, men spend more time per day working than women do, particularly among adults ages 35 to 44 (5.90 hours versus 3.77 hours) and adults ages 45 to 54 (5.29 versus 4.13 hours). Across all age groups, men also spend more time than women on leisurely activities, averaging 5.58 hours and 4.76 hours per day, respectively.
Among employed Americans, the average man and woman spend similar portions of their day working (7.88 hours versus 7.41 hours). Both men and women are more likely to work at their workplace than at home; however, women are slightly more likely to work from home. Among Americans who work outside of their home, men spend more hours working per day than women do (8.04 hours versus 7.65 hours). The reverse is true for Americans who work from home on the average day, with women working slightly more hours per day than men (5.20 hours versus 4.99 hours).
Among adults who live in households with children under the age of 18, women spend 1.74 hours per day and men spend 0.99 hours per day caring for them. Among households with a child under the age of six, women spend an average of 1.12 hours more per day than men on childcare. This disparity is largely attributed to physical childcare, rather than time spent attending to children’s education-related activities and hobbies.