My workload is inconsistent so it can range from like 1 hour of actual work to more than 6 hours.

I work in freight management at a brokerage. I determine my hours and my clients. That being said, I am also a SAHD and have a toddler and a dog, so between meals, nap times, walks, etc, I probably put in a good 4-5 hours of work, but I'm on call all day in case of emergencies.

I do around 7-8.5 hours. But some of that is just socialising/chatting with people (I'm in software dev management). Lots of "Sooo... What's your perception of what's going on?" "Things going OK?" "Who do I need to talk to to smooth things over?" kinda stuff (the soft skills side of things). It is super rare to go above that unless there's an incident of some type or something goes totally pear shaped.

I used to do 10+ last job and despised it. Took a step down in pay for this role but so much less stress. Day ends, I log off and detach from it all.

Edit: Put per week, not per day...

I think around 4-5 out of 6. I like the setup

0. I haven't yet got another job at my level in my field.

Maybe three

Like 1-3 on average. Some days it can be all day but not often.

I have a fairly workload intense job and I'm happy with my pay. Of my 8 hour day I work pretty much all of it aside from running to the bathroom etc.