Bridgeport Named One of the Laziest Cities in America – 2025

Many Americans (me) believe that hard work is essential to achieving the American Dream, and it shows in the hours we put in as a country. Wallet Hub just released their annual list of the Hardest Working Cities in America for 2025 and it revealed we often put in more hours than workers in other industrialized countries.

The average U.S. worker clocks 1,799 hours per year, surpassing Japan by 188 hours, the U.K. by 275 hours, and Germany by 456 hours. With the rise of remote work, these hours can stretch even longer.

Certain U.S. cities embody this strong work ethic more than others. To identify which cities are the hardest-working, WalletHub compared 116 major cities based on metrics like employment rate, average weekly hours, and the proportion of workers holding multiple jobs. This is some of what we learned from the study.

Top 10 Hardest Working Cities:

1. Anchorage, AK

2. Washington, DC

3. Irving, TX

4. Dallas, TX

5. Cheyenne, WY

6. Austin, TX

7. Denver, CO

8. Virginia Beach, VA

9. San Francisco, CA

10. Arlington, TX

Top 10 Laziest Cities (Not at all how Wallet Hub phrased it):

1. Burlington, VT

2. Detroit, MI

3. Buffalo, NY

4. Newark, NJ

5. Bridgeport, CT

6. Toledo, OH

7. Cleveland, OH

8. Providence, RI

9. Fresno, CA

10. Columbia, SC

Last year (2024) B-Port was named the 6th laziest city in the country in the same study. In 2023, Bridgeport was named the 3rd laziest city in the U.S. In 2022, B-Port was named the 5th laziest city.

We talked about this on the Wednesday (2/26/25) edition of the I-95 Morning Show.

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