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By the Numbers: Labor Day

 

0.6

Percentage of Americans who bike to work.

 

4.4

Percentage of Americans who work from home.

 

4.9

The national unemployment rate, down from a recent high of 9.5 percent in June 2009.

 

7

Percentage of Americans who plan to fly somewhere for the Labor Day weekend.

 

7.25

The federal minimum wage, which has not been raised since 2009.

 

7.6

Length of the average American workday.

 

10

The number of vacation days earned by the average American worker each year.

 

11.50

The highest minimum wage in the country, in Washington, D.C.

 

23

Percentage of American workers who earn no paid vacation time.

 

40

Percentage of the American workforce that belonged to unions in the 1950s, the decade that set the record for union membership.

 

51

Average number of minutes spent commuting to work each day.

 

92

Percentage of occupational-fatality victims who are men.

 

76.4

Percentage of Americans who drive to work.

 

212

The number of Labor Day running events that will be held throughout the country this weekend.

 

438

Estimated number of traffic fatalities that will occur during the 2016 Labor Day weekend.

 

818

Number of hot dogs consumed every second between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

 

1882

Year of the inaugural Labor Day celebration, when 10,000 workers assembled for a parade in New York City.

 

1894

The year Congress officially made the first Monday in September a federal holiday.

 

50,300

Estimated number of people who will be seriously injured in a car crash this Labor Day weekend.

 

53,480

The national median household income.

 

4.61 million

The number of people who work in retail, which is the largest occupation in our economy, followed by cashiers (3.48 million), food preparation and serving (3.2 million), office clerks (2.94 million) and Registered Nurses (2.75 million).

 

159.3 million

The number of Americans age 16 and above in the labor force.

 

1.4 billion

Cost associated with Labor Day travel congestion caused by infrastructure problems.

 

Source: WalletHub.com

 

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