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10.7hours per week
In the time spent writing, typing and on email dataset, the 5 published figures for “Writing documents” have a median of 10.7 hours per week, ranging from 5.6 to 20.4.
Calculated from 5 data points on October 19, 2026
- What it measures
- Each figure is one row of the dataset: a published measurement for a stated group, traced to its source. The median is the middle value of the 5 figures for this group.
- How it is calculated
- Median of 5 values (5.6, 5.7, 10.7, 14.5, 20.4) = 10.7.
- What it does not show
- Self-reported time is often overestimated, and workplace surveys sample office workers. Logged time is precise but covers only the software that was logged.
A statistic of the dataset How Much Time People Spend Writing and Typing at Work, calculated by code from its published rows.
Calculated from
- In a 2016 survey of 547 business people who write at least two hours a week for work, excluding email, respondents averaged 20.4 hours of writing per week.
- In the national faculty survey that von Hippel and von Hippel (2015) quote, private four-year colleges spend an average of 5.7 hours per week on research and scholarly writing during teaching semesters.
- In the national faculty survey that von Hippel and von Hippel (2015) quote, private universities spend an average of 14.5 hours per week on research and scholarly writing during teaching semesters.
- In the national faculty survey that von Hippel and von Hippel (2015) quote, public four-year colleges spend an average of 5.6 hours per week on research and scholarly writing during teaching semesters.
- In the national faculty survey that von Hippel and von Hippel (2015) quote, public universities spend an average of 10.7 hours per week on research and scholarly writing during teaching semesters.