The work week 46-50 Hours: 26.6% -30 Hours: 8% 51-60 Hours: 16.4% 30-40 Hours: 15% 41-45 Hours: 27.2% 61+ Hours: 6.8% 16+ Hours: 5.4% 11-15 Hours: 4.4% 0-2 Hours: 44.8% 6-10 Hours: 15% 3-5 Hours: 30.4% 47.5 Hours a Week 24 On average, designers are working 45 hours a week, although that includes part-time employees. Full time employees are actually working even more: an average of 47.5 hours a week. Of this group (designers working at least 40 hours/week), overall happiness was slightly lower than the average: 6.9/10. But most designers are finding ways to leave work at the office: 75% report that they spend less than 5 hours per week doing work outside of work (including responding to emails, phone calls, etc.) 45% say they spend less than 2 hours.