Wallet Hub conducted a survey to determine the hardest working cities in America and the results say that Bridgeport is 111th hardest working city out of the 116 largest cities in America. Anchorage Alaska ranked #1 overall. Our neighboring large cities in New York and New Jersey did not do well either with New York coming in at #90 and Newark at #113.
They started with the 116 most populous cities and weighed two key elements, Direct Work Factors and Indirect Work Factors . The metrics examined for Direct Work Factors include average workweek hours and share of engaged workers. Metrics for Indirect Work Factors included average commute time and average leisure time spent each day. There were other metrics in each broader category and all of them were given a point value.