(NEXSTAR) — How unhealthy is work-life stability in The Mile Excessive Metropolis? Fairly unhealthy, in keeping with a brand new evaluation by private finance outlet FinanceBuzz. In actual fact, Denver ranked no. 1 nationally for being the most overworked U.S. metropolis.
To determine this out, FinanceBuzz ranked over 75 of the U.S.’ largest cities based mostly on six information factors — together with common variety of hours working/commuting, share of employees working 50+ weeks per yr, share of energetic employees over the age of 65, and extra.
With regards to the assorted metrics FinanceBuzz used to measure over-workedness, analysts mentioned Denver “ranks above-average in each single metric we checked out.”
Analysts defined that though a number of elements contribute to Denver’s highest rating, the most important cause for its excessive placement is the share of households the place two or extra folks work full-time jobs.
“Nearly 62% of households in Denver match that invoice, the seventh-highest fee of any metropolis,” wrote analyst Josh Koebert.
All-in-all, Denver obtained an “Overworked rating” of 71 out of 100, with a few of its highest scores coming from share of employees who work 50+ weeks per yr and quantity of searches for “aspect hustles” or “aspect jobs.”
| Metropolis | Overworked rating | Common work + commute time | Staff who work 50+ weeks per yr | Older grownup employees | Staff with 2 jobs | Google Tendencies search quantity for “aspect hustle” jobs |
| Denver | 71.0 | 43.85 (weekly) | 87.2% | 22.6% | 6.3% | 69.5 |
Whereas Denver’s rating for share of employees with two jobs (6.3%) is decrease than another cities (that share is 7.7% in Omaha, as an illustration), it is nonetheless on the upper finish.
The nationwide “Overworked rating” common was 51.4 — which Denver surpassed by 19.6 factors. Denver was named the second-most overworked metropolis by FinanceBuzz simply final yr.
However earlier than you assume Denver obtained is the one Colorado metropolis in want of a trip, FinanceBuzz additionally named Colorado Springs its tenth most overworked metropolis within the U.S.
“Whereas the variety of folks searching for aspect jobs is greater in Colorado Springs than in Denver, issues like mixed common work and commute time and the share of aged employees within the metropolis are decrease,” wrote Koebert.
Colorado Springs additionally had a higher-than-average share of employees who work greater than 50 weeks per yr (86.7%), along with the next quantity of searches for aspect hustles than even Denver (75.5).
Maybe these two Colorado cities might take a web page from Detroit, which was discovered to be least overworked metropolis in America by FinanceBuzz. Analysts discovered that Detroit’s share of senior citizen employees is the bottom of any U.S. metropolis (13.5%) and the bottom share of employees that work greater than 50 weeks per yr (77.1%).
You could find the total examine at FinanceBuzz.
