Nearly 15 Billion Hours Volunteered in United States in 2009

ASSOCIATIONS NOW, November 2010 , Intelligence

According to the Urban Institute, in 2009, 26.8 percent of the U.S. adult population volunteered for a nonprofit. The amount of volunteer time given over the course of the year—and its equivalent in full-time employees and salary dollars—adds up:

• Total number of volunteers: 63,361,000
• Total hours volunteered: 14,963,262,000
• Average hours per volunteer: 233
• Median hours per volunteer: 50
• Equivalent in full-time employees: 8,802,000
• Equivalent in average private wages: $278 billion

Source: "The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving, and Volunteering, 2010," The Urban Institute's Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy