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Bridgeport has some of the laziest workers in the US, study suggests

The study looked at direct and indirect factors like the average work hours, the employment rate and how many households have adults who don't work.

News 12 Staff

Feb 21, 2024, 12:25 PM

Updated 353 days ago

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Working hard or hardly working? It's the latter for one Connecticut city, according to a new study.
WalletHub ranked Bridgeport at 111th out of 116 cities when it comes to hardest working cities in the U.S.
The city only ranked higher than Toledo, Ohio; Newark, New Jersey; Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan and Burlington, Vermont.
The study looked at direct and indirect factors like the average work hours, the employment rate and how many households have adults who don't work.
So, which city has the hardest workers? According to the data, Washington, D.C. does, followed by Irving, Texas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Virginia Beach, Virginia and Anchorage, Alaska.