Office workers living in the metropolitan area spend an average of around one hour and 20 minutes on the road daily to commute to work.

The finding was contained in a report released by Statistics Korea on Thursday analyzing the commute of seven-point-12 million professionals nationwide using data provided by SK Telecom.

The data showed that the average daily commute time nationwide was 72-point-six minutes, with an average of 34-point-seven minutes to get to work and 37-point-nine minutes to get home.

There was a disparity in commute times by gender, with men spending 75-point-six minutes getting to and from work, seven-point-seven minutes longer than women at 67-point-nine minutes.

Those living in the metropolitan area saw the longest commuting time at an average of 83-point-two minutes per day.

The average distance was 18-point-four kilometers nationwide, while workers in the metropolitan region had the furthest to go at 20-point-four kilometers.