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The US states with the best work-life balance

What’s the work-life balance like in your state?
Montana: 16.3 vacation days
Delaware: 16.5 vacation days
Rhode Island: 16.5 vacation days
South Dakota: 16.6 vacation days
Nebraska: 16.7 vacation days
California: 16.7 vacation days
Alabama: 16.9 vacation days
Utah: 17 vacation days
Kentucky: 17.1 vacation days
Vermont: 17.1 vacation days
Arkansas: 17.1 vacation days
Tennessee: 17.1 vacation days
Maine: 17.1 vacation days
Kansas: 17.1 vacation days
Louisiana: 17.2 vacation days
Oregon: 17.2 vacation days
Washington: 17.2 vacation days
North Carolina: 17.2 vacation days
North Dakota: 17.3 vacation days
Alaska: 17.3 vacation days
Hawaii: 17.3 vacation days
Nevada: 17.3 vacation days
Michigan: 17.3 vacation days
Iowa: 17.4 vacation days
Indiana: 17.4 vacation days
New Hampshire: 17.4 vacation days
South Carolina: 17.4 vacation days
Pennsylvania: 17.4 vacation days
Wyoming: 17.4 vacation days
Illinois: 17.4 vacation days
Georgia: 17.5 vacation days
New York: 17.5 vacation days
New Jersey: 17.5 vacation days
Texas: 17.5 vacation days
Massachusetts: 17.5 vacation days
Mississippi: 17.6 vacation days
Idaho: 17.7 vacation days
Wisconsin: 17.8 vacation days
Oklahoma: 17.9 vacation days
Missouri: 18 vacation days
West Virginia: 18 vacation days
Florida: 18 vacation days
Washington D.C: 18.1 vacation days
Ohio: 18.2 vacation days
Maryland: 18.3 vacation days
New Mexico: 18.4 vacation days
Minnesota: 18.4 vacation days
Connecticut: 18.6 vacation days
Arizona: 18.8 vacation days
Virginia: 18.9 vacation days
Colorado: 20.3
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What’s the work-life balance like in your state?

As the US is often declared to be the most overworked nation in the developed world, and with over half of Americans not using all their vacation days last year, getting a better work-life balance should be a priority. Using data from the US Travel Association’s State of American Vacation Report 2018, we’ve ranked every state and DC based on how many holidays workers take per year – find out how your state stacks up.
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Frances Carruthers

14 October 2019

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