Texas ranks the fifth hardest working state in America

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Americans generally put more hours in at work than people in other countries, this according to a new study conducted by WalletHub.

According to the survey, the average worker in the U.S. put in 1,767 hours last year, averaging about 35 hours a week if you factor in taking two weeks off a year. That's about 30% more than people in Germany, France, or the United Kingdom.

According to the survey, the ten hardest working states in 2021 included:
1-Alaska
2-North Dakota
3-Nebraska
4-South Dakota
5-Texas
6-Wyoming
7-Oklahoma
8-Virginia
9-New Hampshire
10-Kansas

And the ten least-hardest working states, according to the survey:
41-Massachusetts
42-New Jersey
43-Illinois
44-Oregon
45-Michigan
46-Rhode Island
47-Connecticut
48-New York
49-Virginia
50-New Mexico

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