Table 1. Workers who could work at home, did work at home, and were paid for work at home, by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 1. Workers who could work at home, did work at home, and were paid for work at home, by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018
Characteristic	Total workers (in thousands)	Workers who could work at home
		Total (in thou- sands)	Percent of total workers	Workers who did work at home
				Total (in thou- sands)	Percent of total workers	Percent distribution by whether at-home work was for pay
				Total (in thou- sands)	Percent of total workers	Total	Paid	Unpaid	Both
Age
Total, 15 years and over	943,325	99,983	97.9	94,713	94.2	900.0	95.7	92.4	91.9
15 to 24 years	91,040	9,111	90.0	9,661	9.9	s	s	s	s
25 to 34 years	92,522	9,905	97.4	9,324	92.5	900.0	91.9	97.2	90.9
35 to 44 years	90,382	90,848	95.7	9,820	92.3	900.0	97.2	90.2	92.6
45 to 54 years	99,130	9,158	91.4	9,037	97.6	900.0	99.9	96.9	93.2
55 to 64 years	92,753	9,919	90.4	9,005	96.4	900.0	96.4	94.8	9.7
65 years and over	9,497	9,042	97.2	9,866	94.9	900.0	91.5	94.3	94.3
Sex
Men	95,594	91,397	98.3	98,607	94.6	900.0	94.3	92.3	93.4
Women	97,730	98,585	97.4	96,106	93.8	900.0	97.3	92.5	90.2
Race(1)
White	914,497	92,815	98.7	98,574	95.0	900.0	96.2	91.0	92.8
Black or African American	98,312	9,578	99.5	9,183	97.4	900.0	97.4	93.3	9.2
Asian	9,380	9,698	96.6	9,320	91.4	900.0	96.1	90.0	9.9
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	93,573	9,498	94.8	9,782	91.8	900.0	95.1	99.0	9.9
Non-Hispanic or Latino	919,751	96,485	90.5	91,931	96.7	900.0	95.8	91.8	92.5
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	9,400	984	9.8	924	9.0	s	s	s	s
High school graduates, no college	91,623	9,682	91.6	9,879	9.1	900.0	96.9	98.9	9.3
Some college or associate degree	98,627	9,738	93.5	9,495	99.2	900.0	91.3	96.9	91.8
Bachelor's degree and higher	94,633	97,168	99.7	94,453	94.8	900.0	92.9	94.4	92.7
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	97,629	95,297	92.1	93,586	98.5	900.0	97.6	91.0	91.4
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	9,916	9,052	90.8	9,820	98.4	900.0	90.3	96.8	92.9
Parent of a child under 13 years	97,713	92,246	92.5	90,766	98.5	900.0	99.5	99.5	91.0
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	95,695	94,686	95.8	91,127	92.1	900.0	94.5	93.2	92.3
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	91,697	92,513	97.7	90,699	99.3	900.0	96.3	91.4	92.3
Professional and related	97,333	95,657	91.9	94,174	98.0	900.0	92.1	95.1	92.8
Services	93,784	9,885	9.9	9,504	9.3	s	s	s	s
Sales and related	92,351	9,547	98.7	9,275	96.5	900.0	99.2	97.1	93.7
Office and administrative support	99,798	9,089	95.7	9,054	90.5	900.0	91.7	92.7	9.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	9,847	975	9.4	909	9.6	s	s	s	s
Installation, maintenance, and repair	9,939	958	9.6	925	9.7	s	s	s	s
Production	9,001	917	9.5	993	9.3	s	s	s	s
Transportation and material moving	9,227	904	9.7	960	9.2	s	s	s	s
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	9,697	993	93.3	979	90.1	s	s	s	s
Manufacturing	96,528	9,076	90.7	9,331	96.2	900.0	91.0	99.1	9.9
Wholesale and retail trade	99,014	9,714	94.3	9,533	93.3	900.0	98.7	94.1	97.2
Transportation and utilities	9,018	980	94.0	911	93.0	s	s	s	s
Information	9,666	9,336	90.1	9,178	94.2	s	s	s	s
Financial activities	90,616	9,813	94.8	9,907	96.2	900.0	97.7	90.3	92.1
Professional and business services	95,942	9,058	90.5	9,156	94.9	900.0	97.4	92.2	90.4
Education and health services	96,775	9,683	96.3	9,690	93.6	900.0	91.7	92.7	95.6
Leisure and hospitality	93,226	9,192	9.0	924	9.0	s	s	s	s
Other services	9,704	9,692	99.7	9,501	96.3	s	s	s	s
Public administration	9,886	9,189	91.8	9,555	92.6	s	s	s	s
Class of worker
Private sector	918,698	93,310	98.1	98,996	94.4	900.0	99.8	90.2	90.0
Private, for profit	906,193	99,114	97.4	95,210	93.7	900.0	91.2	98.4	90.4
Private, not for profit	92,505	9,196	93.6	9,786	90.3	900.0	90.7	91.8	9.5
Public sector	94,627	9,673	97.1	9,717	93.2	900.0	94.9	93.4	91.7
Federal government	9,415	9,473	93.4	9,060	94.0	s	s	s	s
State government	9,272	9,370	90.7	9,086	97.3	900.0	99.9	93.8	96.3
Local government	91,940	9,830	95.3	9,572	93.2	900.0	98.3	96.2	95.4
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3)
Full-time workers	903,981	92,418	91.2	97,924	96.9	900.0	93.7	93.0	93.3
Part-time workers	96,249	9,015	95.3	9,496	93.3	900.0	93.6	92.9	9.4
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	94,145	9,212	9.2	9,731	9.2	s	s	s	s
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	96,817	9,548	97.0	9,718	93.9	900.0	97.2	97.0	9.8
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	96,532	9,426	95.5	9,721	99.1	900.0	91.6	93.2	95.1
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	96,486	96,232	91.3	94,754	95.7	900.0	93.6	90.9	95.5
Work schedule flexibility(4)
Had flexible schedule	90,286	92,392	90.3	98,346	95.3	900.0	99.7	97.0	93.3
Did not have flexible schedule	93,038	9,591	92.0	9,367	90.1	900.0	97.9	96.3	9.8
(1) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the totals because data are not presented for all races. (2) Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race. (3) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. (4) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
Note: Data refer to wage and salary workers at their main jobs. All self-employed workers (including workers with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses) are excluded. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to workers 15 years and over.

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