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How a factory order ships

A cart maker orders steel frames. Before they leave on a truck, the order passes through sales, engineering, purchasing, planning, the floor, quality and shipping, and any one of them can make it late. Follow it from the quote to the truck.

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How much overtime?

When work runs late, the floor makes up the time with extra hours. On average, how many hours of overtime a week did US factory production workers put in, in August 2026?

8 hours
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  • The Employment Situation, October 2026 (released November 6, 2026), Table B-7: Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted (manufacturing, August 2026) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2026

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  • 4.1 hoursbls.gov ·2026 · Average weekly overtime hours of production and nonsupervisory employees in US manufacturing, August 2026, seasonally adjusted (BLS's Employment Situation table B-7, released in early November 2026; August is no longer preliminary). BLS counts as overtime the hours paid at a premium for going past the normal week or day. Overtime hours are part of the average week, not added to it; the average includes workers with no overtime.
  • 41.8 hoursbls.gov ·2026 · Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory employees in US manufacturing, August 2026, seasonally adjusted (BLS's Employment Situation table B-7, released in early November 2026; August is no longer preliminary).
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At a factoryLesson 2 of 2

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14 min

How a factory order ships

A cart maker orders steel frames. Before they leave on a truck, the order passes through sales, engineering, purchasing, planning, the floor, quality and shipping, and any one of them can make it late. Follow it from the quote to the truck.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How much overtime?

When work runs late, the floor makes up the time with extra hours. On average, how many hours of overtime a week did US factory production workers put in, in August 2026?

8 hours
0 hours12 hours

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  • The Employment Situation, October 2026 (released November 6, 2026), Table B-7: Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted (manufacturing, August 2026) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2026

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  • 4.1 hoursbls.gov ·2026 · Average weekly overtime hours of production and nonsupervisory employees in US manufacturing, August 2026, seasonally adjusted (BLS's Employment Situation table B-7, released in early November 2026; August is no longer preliminary). BLS counts as overtime the hours paid at a premium for going past the normal week or day. Overtime hours are part of the average week, not added to it; the average includes workers with no overtime.
  • 41.8 hoursbls.gov ·2026 · Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory employees in US manufacturing, August 2026, seasonally adjusted (BLS's Employment Situation table B-7, released in early November 2026; August is no longer preliminary).
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