Is San Fran overworked? New study says so

People work to make a living.  Some just want it handed to them.  Student debt cancellation.  Rent control.  Free health care.  Taxpayer subsidized transportation.  I could go on, but you get the point.

Now the lazy folks in San Fran think they are over worked.  This in a climate where businesses are leaving, many work by remote with no supervision and the city/county both have massive deficits.  Work less, less money.  Less money, less tax revenue.  These folks know how to kill a city.

“How bad is work-life balance in the City by the Bay? Pretty bad, according to a new analysis by personal finance outlet FinanceBuzz. In fact, San Francisco ranked ninth in the rankings of most overworked U.S. cities.

To figure this out, FinanceBuzz ranked over 75 of the U.S.’ biggest cities based on six data points — including average number of hours working/commuting, percentage of workers working 50+ weeks per year, percentage of active workers over the age of 65, and more.

FinanceBuzz analysts said the amount of time San Francisco residents spend working or commuting to work each week (44.92 hours) deeply impacted its “Overworked score.”

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Is San Francisco overworked? New study says so

by: Russell Falcon, KRON,  9/14/24   https://www.kron4.com/news/is-san-francisco-overworked-new-study-says-so/

(NEXSTAR) — How bad is work-life balance in the City by the Bay? Pretty bad, according to a new analysis by personal finance outlet FinanceBuzz. In fact, San Francisco ranked ninth in the rankings of most overworked U.S. cities.

To figure this out, FinanceBuzz ranked over 75 of the U.S.’ biggest cities based on six data points — including average number of hours working/commuting, percentage of workers working 50+ weeks per year, percentage of active workers over the age of 65, and more.

FinanceBuzz analysts said the amount of time San Francisco residents spend working or commuting to work each week (44.92 hours) deeply impacted its “Overworked score.”

All-in-all, San Francisco received an “Overworked score” of 61.7 out of 100, with some of its highest scores coming from percentage of workers who work 50+ weeks per year and volume of searches for “side hustles” or “side jobs.”

City	Overworked score	Average work + commute time	Workers who work 50+ weeks per year	Dual job households	Workers with 2 jobs	Google Trends search volume for “side hustle” jobs
San Francisco	61.7	44.92 (weekly)	86.4%	62.8%	4.4%	63.5

While San Francisco earned some favor for its “relatively low” percentage of workers with two jobs, the time spent working and commuting each week negatively impacts its overall score. Additionally, FinanceBuzz found that SF had a higher percentage of dual-worker households than even the top most-overworked city in the U.S. Though Denver placed atop the national list of overworked cities, San Francisco’s dual-worker households percentage is 0.9% higher.

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In April, San Francisco also ranked eighth in a WalletHub study that attempted to find the hardest-working cities in the U.S. Analysts weighed workweek hours, share of workers not using vacation time, commute time and share of workers with multiple jobs.

On the other end of the scale, Detroit was found to be least overworked city in America by FinanceBuzz. Analysts found that Detroit’s percentage of senior citizen workers is the lowest of any U.S. city (13.5%) and the lowest percentage of workers that work more than 50 weeks per year (77.1%).

You can find the full study at FinanceBuzz.