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Whether it's working in an office, at home in sweatpants, behind the wheel of a rideshare or with a construction hat on, Texans are some of the hardest working people in the country.
It's statistically proven, in fact.
Personal finance website WalletHub released a study identifying the hardest working cities in America relative to average hours worked, number of employed residents and share of workers with multiple jobs. Seven of the Top 20 cities are in Texas, and five of those seven are from the Metroplex.
Coming in at no. 3 on the list of hardest-working cities in the country: Irving, with the lowest share -- 12 percent -- of households where no adults work. Irving also ranks sixth in the country in terms of the mean number of hours worked per week, according to the report.
Irving also has the third-highest percentage of "engaged workers," which the report defines as those "who show enthusiasm for and commitment to their work" and "are engaged with their workplace."
Other North Texas cities rounding out the Top 20 are Dallas (no. 4), Arlington (no. 10), Plano (no. 13) and Fort Worth (no. 16). Garland fell just outside the Top 20 at no. 21.
Austin is ranked no. 6; Corpus Christi and Laredo are ranked 14th and 15th, respectively. Houston (no. 28), Lubbock (no. 38), El Paso (no. 39) and San Antonio (no. 47) were all ranked in the Top 50.
The report notes that the average U.S. worker puts in 1,799 hours on the job per year -- 188 hours more than the average in Japan, 275 more than in the United Kingdom and a whopping 456 more than Germany.