1012 hours is the norm in a specific set of the tech industry . And yes , I know how averaged work . I also know that there are people who don ' t work that drag it down or people who work part time that drag it down and there ' s ton of those people either by choice or not by choice . According to the Gallup poll that another person posted , it ' s close to 9 . 5 hours a day 47 per week for girly and 49 per week for salaried and is based on full time workers which would eliminate unemployed or part time . And even then , I don ' t understand that data set as it is full time but contains people that work less than 40 , despite 40 usually bring considered full time . <| sep |> I ' m a mechanical engineer and i guess that ' s why i love trby