How many standard work days are there per year - excluding the holidays?

Answer 1

One answer is 248.7 work-days in a year.

There is no "right" answer, since the definition of "work day" will vary.

Here's the way this answer was calculated:

365This is the total number of days in a year (we're ignoring the effects of leap-years, which have an extra day)

7

This is the number of days in a week

52.14286

This is the number of weeks in a 365-day year, based on 7 days per week4.345238

This is the average number of work-weeks in a month, based on 12 months in a year (you don't need to calculate this for purposes of this exercise--we include it just for interest)

5

This is the average number of workdays in a week, after eliminating 2 weekend days per week4.769863

This is the average number of work-days in a week, after eliminating 12 legal holidays (the number of holidays is an important variable, and depends on the employer's definition or agreement with workers). We define a "holiday" as a day which, in the absence of its designation as a nonworking holiday, would be a work-day.248.7143

This is the average number of work-days in a year, based on a year of 365 days and 52.14286 weeks, with 12 legal, nonworking holidays.

Answer 2

24.75% of all years have 260 weekdays,

61.75% of all years have 261 weekdays, and

13.5% of all years have 262 weekdays.