Struggling to Relax: New York Named the Hardest State to Disconnect After Work

Unsurprisingly, the part of the country where it’s hardest for people to connect is the stressed-out New York that calls itself “the city that never sleeps” at the end of the day. labour, according to a study by Pacific Stone.

The survey identified the 10 states in the country that struggle the most to relax after work, with New York leads, followed by Massachusetts, California, New Jersey and Maryland. Then Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Connecticut and Virginia.

The study scored each state on an index based on the average working hours and commuting time home for those who go to the office. Even the models of a transcendental and remote daythat have been very common since the pandemic, including a high risk of working much more than traditional hours.

Each state was given a score based on average weekly work hours, typical commute time, whether the trip is made alone or with family or friends, household income inequality and average traffic volume. New York showed 40.1 hours of work per week and 33.2 minutes in commuting on average.

Although they were lower in the combination of variables, other states reported more hours of work than New York: Florida and Georgia (42 hours per week), Illinois (41.3), Virginia (40.9), New Jersey (40.7) and California (40.2).

In countries like France y Australia Laws have been established or advanced to guarantee the right to “dissociate” from workgiving employees the freedom to not respond to work messages outside of their hours without affecting their performance or pay, in theory. In New York there is an initiative in this regard (Right to Disconnect bill), but was not specified.

It can be difficult to remove after work for a variety of reasons, including a heavy workload, a stressful work environment, and/or fear of losing your job. he is balance between personal life and work It is also an important factor, determined in part by travel times and the number of working hours.

In New York, the economic situation and work pressure are complicated by high costs. In February a report from Columbia University and the non-profit organization Robin Hood warned against that There were 2 million poor people in New York City, most of them Hispanic and children. Even that one study was calculated $88,000 is the break-even point for a family of four to live in NYC, a figure still above the Consumer Affairs estimate for New York state ($81,396). So around 56% of New Yorkers are below or near the poverty line and many have more than one job.

Half of the families in New York City do not have enough income to survive without help from the government, family or community, warning last March with information about United Way and Fund for the City of New York (FCNY).

The country’s median family income was $70,784 in 2021, according to Census data. And for example What $65,000 could buy in 2018 would require $80,100 in 2023.

High costs not only affect families, but also singles: another recent study by SmartAsset revealed that in NYC you need the most money to live “comfortably” as an individual: $66.62 an hour or an annual salary of $138,570.

New York is also one of the six largest cities in the United States where a family should earn more of $300,000 to “comfortably” raise two children: $318,406 to be exact.

But high costs do not guarantee well-being in the “capital of the world”: in another recent survey Only 30% of residents rated the quality of life in NYC positively. and only half plan to stay here for the next few years.