Who works the longest? Jobs with the longest and shortest workdays - Los Angeles Times

Who works the longest? Jobs with the longest and shortest workdays

No. 4: Management, business and financial operations Average workday: 7.86 hours

No. 4: Management, business and financial operations

Average workday: 7.86 hours (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

July 25, 2013 6 AM PT

Which jobs require workers to slave all day in the office? The Labor Department recently highlighted 10 employment categories and the average number of hours that people logged daily in each field.

Construction and extraction

No. 5: Construction and extraction

Average workday: 7.74 hours (Mark Lennihan / AP)

Office and administrative support

No. 6: Office and administrative support

Average workday: 7.49 hours (Alex Brandon / AP)

Service

No. 7: Service

Average workday: 7.45 hours (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Professional and related

No. 8: Professional and related

Average workday: 7.31 hours (Mahesh Kumar A / AP)

Farming, fishing and forestry

No. 10: Farming, fishing and forestry

Average workday: 6.92 hours (Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno / Getty Images)

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