diff --git a/changelog_entry.yaml b/changelog_entry.yaml
index e69de29b..efc9ab68 100644
--- a/changelog_entry.yaml
+++ b/changelog_entry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- bump: minor
+  changes:
+    added:
+    - Hours worked last week variable.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/policyengine_us_data/datasets/cps/census_cps.py b/policyengine_us_data/datasets/cps/census_cps.py
index ba71ee52..68b7c8cb 100644
--- a/policyengine_us_data/datasets/cps/census_cps.py
+++ b/policyengine_us_data/datasets/cps/census_cps.py
@@ -302,4 +302,5 @@ class CensusCPS_2018(CensusCPS):
     "PRCITSHP",
     "NOW_GRP",
     "POCCU2",
+    "A_HRS1",
 ]
diff --git a/policyengine_us_data/datasets/cps/cps.py b/policyengine_us_data/datasets/cps/cps.py
index 8750de6a..dd2fbb5e 100644
--- a/policyengine_us_data/datasets/cps/cps.py
+++ b/policyengine_us_data/datasets/cps/cps.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def add_auto_loan_interest(self, cps: h5py.File) -> None:
     donor_data = donor_data.loc[
         np.random.choice(
             donor_data.index,
-            size=100_000 if not test_lite else 100_000,
+            size=100_000 if not test_lite else 10_000,
             replace=True,
             p=donor_data.household_weight / donor_data.household_weight.sum(),
         )
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ def add_personal_income_variables(
     cps["employment_income"] = person.WSAL_VAL
 
     cps["weekly_hours_worked"] = person.HRSWK * person.WKSWORK / 52
+    cps["hours_worked_last_week"] = person.A_HRS1 * person.WKSWORK / 52
 
     cps["taxable_interest_income"] = person.INT_VAL * (
         p["taxable_interest_fraction"]