New Study Reveals Which US Jobs Have the Most Fun After Work
Tech workers turn out to be the biggest party people in the American workforce, according to a September 2026 report on how US workers spend their free hours. This freshly released study by a digital entertainment company reveals the top 10 US jobs where people manage to have the most fun after work.
Tech workers are always up for a good time, with over half of them doing something fun every single night after work.
After dropping their last order, DoorDashers are usually out having fun and socializing for over 3 hours, more than any office workers.
Lawyers still find time to unwind after work, but they're doing it from the couch, staying at home 80% of the time for leisure activities.
The research examined US occupations to find where workers have the most active social lives after work. Using survey data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), the report measured three things for each profession: how many workers reported doing something for fun after work, how long those recreational activities lasted, and how often they happened outside the home. These figures were combined into a single score out of 100, revealing which jobs leave workers with enough energy to enjoy their evenings.
Here's a look at the top 10 jobs where workers have the most fun after work:
Job | After-Work Entertainment Participants | Total After-Work Entertainment Minutes | After-Work Entertainment Score |
Computer and mathematical occupations | 10,159 | 1,679,961 | 77 |
Office and administrative support occupations | 4,198 | 68,0131 | 71 |
Military-specific occupations | 2,582 | 443,539 | 68 |
Construction and extraction occupations | 1,772 | 297,338 | 67 |
Transportation and material moving occupations | 941 | 145,555 | 63 |
Management, business, financial, and related occupations | 1,633 | 264,308 | 61 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,150 | 187,849 | 57 |
Legal occupations | 5,107 | 839,777 | 56 |
Management occupations | 1,773 | 304,226 | 55 |
Business and financial operations occupations | 4,100 | 634,236 | 55 |
You can access the complete research findings here.
1. Computer and Mathematical Occupations
How often they have fun after work: Just over half do something every evening
How long they spend on it: Almost 3 hours most nights
How much of it happens outside the house: Nearly 1 in 5 nights
Computer and math workers are America's biggest party people. More than half of them report doing something fun after the workday ends, the highest of any profession surveyed. When they go out, they're also spending nearly 3 hours socializing, and almost 1 in 5 of their leisure activities happens somewhere other than home. For a group that spends all day staring at screens, they seem pretty eager to get away from them.
2. Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Office and admin workers come next. More than half report going out on a typical evening after work, and when they do, they strongly prefer doing it somewhere other than home. Nearly 1 in 5 of all their after-work activities happen at a bar, restaurant, or some kind of venue. That means happy hours, dinner plans, and nights out rather than Netflix on the sofa.
3. Military-Specific Occupations
Military personnel also enjoy having personal time when their duty hours are over. When service members go out for the evening, they average close to 3 hours of leisure time, longer than office workers. They also go outside the home for entertainment more than almost anyone else in the top five. Overall, nearly half of all military personnel say they go to do something for fun after work on any given day.
4. Construction and Extraction Occupations
Construction workers are some of the most socially active people, despite spending their days on job sites in physically demanding conditions. Nearly half of all workers in this category report doing something fun after work, and when they do, they're out for almost 3 hours. That puts them ahead of lawyers, artists, and most white-collar professionals on this list. Physical work doesn't seem to drain these workers of their social appetite, if anything, it might sharpen it.
5. Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Transportation and delivery workers like Doordashers round out the top five. Despite spending most of their work hours outside, they still have plenty of energy for going out once the last order is dropped off, with 44% of those surveyed saying that they do something fun after closing the app. Other than that, these gig workers also spend over 3 hours hanging out with friends or just enjoying themselves, beating out lawyers, artists, and managers on that front.
A spokesperson from the digital entertainment company commented on the study:
"Americans are socializing less than they used to. The share of people who spent time communicating or socializing with others on a typical day dropped to just 30% in 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So seeing certain professions buck that trend is worth paying attention to. People who have a clear end to their workday, such as a last delivery or no shift change, seem to be much better at actually disconnecting. The blurrier that line gets, the less likely people are to go out and do something."
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