How many hours do a military active member work per week?

It depends. Are you on deployment? Getting ready for deployment (work-ups)? Do you have duty on the weekend? It also depends on your rank and responsibilities, plus your specific job (rate or MOS, depending on service). Average is 7-9 hours per day, M-F... additionally some weekends. If you are deployed, you are "on duty" all the time, stand watches daily and don't get weekends off (work Mon-Sat, Sunday is "holiday routine" but you still have watches to stand). Of course you get every federal holiday off (unless you are deployed or on duty), paid vacation time, non-taxed housing/food allowances, and free travel. So it kind of evens itself out. On my last deployment I was able to travel to Croatia, Bosnia, the Seychelles, Jordan, Greece, Italy, France and Portugal. I work approximately 7am-4pm during the week, depending on what we have going on... usually a break from 1130-1230 or 1300 for lunch. I stand duty every 6 days, and while on deployment I stood watch every 16-20 hours for 5 hours at a time. My division (electricians) stand watch every 16 hours underway and have 3-4 hours of maintenance to complete per day (either underway or in port). Of course, it varies a lot by service, job and rank.

24/7/365

I'm currently working 84+ hour weeks.. then again I'm deployed. Right before we left we were on really light shifts (like 3 hour days.. it was awesome) then 7-9 hour days the rest of the time. depends on how much BS they can come up with for you.

The normal duty day was 0730 - 430pm. However there was CQ, SDO, Guard Duty that could and ofter did result in a 36 to 48 hour duty day. There were field exercises that could last a few hours of a month or more Reforger 3 - 4 months). Then there were deployments to varied and exotic places. But back in garrison: up at 400am go to the unit. 530 am get the troops out for PT 630 am shower/shave/dress/breakfast. 730 - 430 normal mission stuff fly do maintenance, teach classes, take classes. 500pm give remedial PT to those that could not make morning PT. 730 pm officers call 900pm home and household chores and get ready for next day. Repeat as necessary. The military is not an 9-5 job. a soldier/marine/sailor/airman is expected to be ready for duty 24/7. Yes there are some days where you do nothing and are home by lunch, but there are other days that will last for weeks. The military is NOT a 9-5 job.

This question is very broad. You might as well go ahead and ask how many hours someone with a job works. One thing is true, the military more often than not doesn't work 9-5. There are usually 12 or 24 duties that come up, you may be part of a night crew, and above all you simply work whatever the mission requires. Personally, I've worked literally non-stop for months (barely even getting time to sleep), and have had other months where I practically didn't work at all.

Anywhere from 40 to 112 hours a week. You could work five 8 hour days or seven 16 hour days. I once worked 82 weeks for 6 months straight without a day off.

Definitely depends on your mos, the thing about being a soldier is you don't get to have a point during your contract where you're not a soldier. If you're sick and can't work, you're still expected to do the soldier thing, you can't just call and say you're not coming. Soldier is a 24/7 job. If you get a paperwork or human resources or some kind of admin job, you will probably sit at a desk and pick at a computer for 40 hours a week like clockwork. But seriously, you want to join the military to sit at a desk or do some boring **** on a set schedule??? On a busy week at my job I'll work maybe 65 hours. In a slow week if you want to call what we do in the shop work i'll do it maybe 30.

Depends a lot on your unit. In my experience we typically worked 9 hours on weekdays, plus unit PT (30 minutes each) 3 times a week, plus any guard duty (averaged about 1 hour a week for me). In the dirt it was 12 on/12 off 7 days a week plus around 6 hours of guard duty every week. But even if you're not at work you're "on call" all the time. I've worked many a evening past 1630 and many a weekend.

it depends on the branch and you rating/mos. if your in the army stateside what is there to do other than watches if deployed think about it. long hrs if navy seaside few hrs duty section 24hrs at sea 12on 12off plus GQ's and drills