“I watch people work hard.” Hardest Working State List Has Utah Near the Middle

A popular genre of television shows has been about people building off grid, or fixing cars, or doing home remodeling. Why do we love to watch other people work? Part of it might be to see real work happening because we aren’t doing that much ourselves. 

How To Figure Out if People Work Hard in Your State 

WalletHub looked at things like how many hours were worked, how many leisure opportunities there are in the area, and how much of the population had a degree of higher learning. They then ranked 50 states from hardest working on down. 

The state where they work the hardest is North Dakota. They work long hours and much of it is outside manual labor. Alaska was next, which isn’t too surprising. Dealing with the elements that far north is going to take some work. 

Utah is in the Middle of This List of the Hardest Working States 

Like so many rankings involving the states, Utah is right near the middle at number 28. We aren’t like New York that is second from the bottom just above West Virginia where nobody is putting in a full day apparently, but we aren’t overwhelming ourselves either. 

Utah has been home to a couple of hard-working television shows. The Diesel Brothers in Spanish Fork and Matt’s Off-road Recovery in Hurricane which is big on YouTube. On the other hand, the show about Mormon wives and their secret lives might not fit the bill. 

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For a state with the industrious beehive as the symbol, I think we could do better. Somebody should make a show that follows a beekeeper around moving hives. I will be sure to watch it while lying on my couch drinking a large soda.