How Many Weekdays Are There In A Year?
It is important to know how many working days there are in a year. Because it will help you in developing your career goals. Setting your future goal is key to learning new skills and capabilities.
You can get yourself ready for new things coming your way. And knowing how many days will be off, you can make plans for these days. Just like you can plan to do something part-time for future growth.
Let’s find out the exact number of weekdays in a year, so we can act accordingly.
How to Calculate Workdays in a Year?
We can calculate workdays in a year very easily just by addition and subtraction. But keep the point in your mind that weekdays or working days can vary for each country. Even they can vary for each industry. In some countries, working days are from Monday to Friday, while in others it is from Monday to Saturday. It depends on which country you are belonging to and in which industry you are working.
Like in the Banking sector, there are 5 working days and 2 weekend days. While in other office jobs, there are 6 weekdays and one weekend day. It varies from one industry to another.
For calculation, you can follow these simple steps:
- First, you need to select two dates between your are going to count your weekdays.
- Then, count the total number of days between these two dates.
- By subtracting the number of every weekend day or your off days between these two days, you can get workdays.
- You should also subtract any public holidays between the dates you have chosen.
As per the USA, by taking into account all the public holidays and weekdays, the total number of weekdays in a year will be 249. And on a leap year one additional day will be added to this and it will be 250.
i. Calculation for Weekdays of the Year
Simply by following this calculation, you can get weekdays for a year:
No of days in a year = 365
Total weekend days = 105
Public holidays = 11
Total working days = 249
ii. Calculation for Weekdays of a Month
For better understanding let’s take an example. We will calculate weekdays for August 2023.
- There are a total of 31 days in August
- The total number of weekend days is 8
- By subtracting total days from weekend days, we can get our answer.
31-8 = 23 weekdays
Public Holidays in the United States:
In some industries, there is a rule that employees receive compensation for their days off. It mostly happens in Public sector jobs while private sector employees do not get this benefit. There are 11 holidays in the USA announced by the government:
- New Year’s Day on 1st January
- Birthday of Martin Luther Jr. on 20th January
- Celebration of President’s Day on 17th February
- Memorial Day on 25th May
- Independence Day of Juneteenth on 19th June
- Independence Day on the 4th of July
- Labor Day on the 7th of September
- Columbus Day on 12th October
- Veterans Day on 11th November
- Thanksgiving Day on 26th November
- Christmas Day on 25th December
These are the holidays in the USA, you must add these while calculating the weekdays in a year.
Final Thought - Brand Development
Once you know about the weekdays in the coming year, it can be beneficial for you to organize your future career goals and plans. Without planning and organizing you can not be successful.
It helps you in so many ways such as you can calculate your annual income, you can make plans for your vacations with your family. And you can fill your off days with some productive activities.
It also enables an individual to balance his work life so he can evaluate himself on how well I am doing and what needs to be improved. But you should calculate your weekdays as per your own country and the rules of your industry.
