# How many days do you work in a year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 17, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256 "2016-03-17T12:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256/41 "2016-03-18T15:11:45Z")
Let’s see: from 260 weekdays a year, subtract 10 Federal holidays, ~3 closures due to inclement weather, 26 days of annual leave, and 13 days of sick leave. Looks like I’m down to 208. Didn’t used to use all the sick leave, but between actually being sick a few days a year, having to stay home with the Firebug when he’s sick, bereavement leave, doctors’ appointments, and so forth that can be charged to sick leave, I’ve been using up my SL as fast as I earn it lately. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256/42 "2016-03-18T15:24:19Z")
52 weeks x 5 days = 260 potential work days Minus 8 public holidays in the UK = 252 work days Minus 32 days leave (22 standard, 10 salary sacrificed) = 220 work days Average of 5 days sick leave a year = \*\*215 \*\*work days ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256/43 "2016-03-18T15:43:19Z")
# 260 -20 vac -9 stat/bank -6 sick -3 floaters -1 personal 221 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256/44 "2016-03-18T16:55:43Z")
Every friggin’ one of them, it seems. I’m self-employed. Seriously, I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t wind up doing something business related. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256/45 "2016-03-18T19:37:02Z")
Probably about 115. Typically rostered 2-3 days per week, but then have a few sick days and a week or two of leave. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256/46 "2016-03-18T19:40:51Z")
5 days/week, 8 (yeah, right) hours/day. If I took all my allotted PTO I would be at 214 days/year. In reality I work 235 and carry over 3 weeks of vacation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256.md?page=2)