I think it mainly depends on the employers. I live in nyc and while I was in the USPS it was 7:30 to 4:30 because of the unpaid hour lunch, when I started working at Kawasaki it was 7 to 3:30 for the 30 minutes unpaid lunch, now as a Train inspector I do 7 to 3 with paid lunch. My buddy is a data analyst and does 9 to 5 but because he takes his lunch at the end so he's done, otherwise it'd be 9 to 6 with unpaid lunch. Fiance works for WIC and does 8 to 3 they don't pay for her lunch and she's only allowed to work 7 hours.