A recent report published by Qualtrics sought to determine which Americans spend the most time working. While the average number of minutes worked exceeded the standard ‘eight-hour workday’ in only two states – not including Colorado, Colorado was near the top of the ranking for states that work the most.

Colorado ultimately ranked 5th overall, with Centennial Staters working an average of seven hours and 44 minutes per work day – about 120,640 minutes per year assuming 260 days are worked. The only states home to residents that work more than Coloradans were determined to be Utah (8:29 hours), Mississippi (8:03 hours), North Carolina (7:55 hours), and Alabama (7:54 hours).

While Colorado wasn’t home to the Americans who work the most, working seven hours and 44 minutes during the standard work day still adds up to a massive chunk of life. With 525,600 minutes in the standard no-leap day year, Coloradans spend about 23 percent of that working. Add that to the standard eight hours of sleep that many aim for (175,200 minutes each year), and Coloradans have about 44 percent of the year left to do things outside of sleep or work. And keep in mind, Coloradans also reportedly spend about 25.5 minutes commuting to and from work, each way. Given that 260 work days come standard, that’s another 13,260 minutes spent getting to or from work that Coloradans lose from their free time, too – about three percent of the year, knocking total free-time outside of sleep and work-related acts down to about 41 percent of the total year.

This means that Coloradans have about 215,496 minutes of free time each year, with a lot of that falling on weekdays and holidays.

Find the full report here.

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