Our feet do the grunt work by supporting our entire bodies every day. They carry us from place to place, from infancy through adulthood, covering upwards of 100,000 miles in our lifetime ( Moonwalkers.com ). During a normal work day, depending upon the work you perform, the average steps you take can be as little as 6,600 and as high as 22,800. An office worker averages 7,500 steps per day while a waiter / waitress tops the list at nearly 23,000. Nurses, retail workers, farmers, teachers and ...