Shiftee Releases 2025 Work Hours Trend Report

- Average clock-in 8:42 AM, clock-out 6:19 PM; clock-in times have continued shifting earlier year over year
- Clock-in times span nearly 2 hours across industries; clock-out times concentrate around 6 PM

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• Shiftee Releases 2025 Work Hours Trend Report
• Shiftee, Integrated Workforce Management Solution, Releases Clock-In/Out Data Analysis

Shiftee (CEO SeungWon Shin), an integrated workforce management solution provider, released its 2025 Work Hours Trend Report on the 28th, based on platform data from January 1 to December 31, 2025.

In 2025, the average clock-in time among Korean workers was 8:42 AM — 2 minutes earlier than the previous year. Clock-out time remained unchanged at 6:19 PM, but the earlier start pushed average daily work hours (including breaks) up by 1 minute to 9 hours and 52 minutes. Since Shiftee first began this analysis in 2021, clock-in times have moved 19 minutes earlier while clock-out times have shifted by only 10 minutes. With clock-in times shifting more than clock-out times, average work hours have grown by 7 minutes over four years — up from 9 hours and 45 minutes in 2021.

Clock-in times in 2025 were virtually identical across the week, falling between 8:42 and 8:43 AM regardless of the day. Clock-out times, however, varied noticeably. Workers left latest on Tuesdays (6:23 PM) and earliest on Fridays (6:11 PM). Work hours followed the same pattern — longest on Tuesdays at 9 hours and 56 minutes, shortest on Fridays at 9 hours and 41 minutes — confirming a consistent gap in work hours by day of the week.

Industry differences were most visible in clock-in times. Construction recorded the earliest average at 7:28 AM — 1 hour and 14 minutes ahead of the overall average — followed by Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning (7:41 AM) and Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (7:58 AM). Industries that are field-based or sensitive to daylight hours and energy demand showed the strongest tendency toward early starts.

In contrast, office and service-oriented industries generally clocked in after 9 AM. Finance & Insurance (9:27 AM), Education Services (9:26 AM), and Sports & Leisure Services (9:25 AM) recorded the latest clock-in times, reflecting schedules built around customer service and business operating hours. In terms of clock-in times alone, the gap between Construction and Finance & Insurance reached nearly 2 hours.

Industry differences extended to total work hours as well. Construction logged the longest average at 10 hours and 45 minutes (including breaks), followed by Water Supply & Sewage (10 hours and 19 minutes) and Manufacturing (10 hours and 11 minutes) — all exceeding 10 hours. Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing recorded the shortest at 8 hours and 59 minutes, the only industry to fall below 9 hours. Associations & Organizations (9 hours and 3 minutes) and Sports & Leisure Services (9 hours and 15 minutes) followed.

What stands out is that while clock-in times varied by up to 2 hours across industries, clock-out times were concentrated between 6:00 PM and 6:47 PM for most industries. Construction averaged 5:46 PM — among the earliest, along with Real Estate at 5:48 PM. Even the latest industry — Water Supply & Sewage — finished by 7:00 PM, showing that clock-out times across industries tend to converge around 6 PM.

“The data shows that work schedules among Korean workers follow clear structural patterns — shaped by both the day of the week and the industry,” said SeungWon Shin, CEO of Shiftee. “When organizations use workforce data not simply as a record, but as a core resource for running their business, they can manage their workforce in ways that truly fit the nature of their industry and roles.”