“How do other high-taxed states rate?”
In the more laid back left coast states and particularly in the SoCal, LA area it’s not unusual to see workers already at happy hour by 4:30 PM. I worked at a help center once and frequently had to support their clients remotely when no one locally was around late in the day to offer assistance. Don’t know if they’ve come up with a survey for that region yet, but with the SoCal traffic I can imagine morning lateness likely is also an issue. Around here we do deal with heavy traffic in the morning and lateness because the region is so heavily congested, but we often stay late after hours to make up for it.
Well, if you’re late getting to work, of course you need to leave early to make up for it. Can’t be late twice in the same day. :=)