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24 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home in 2015
July 08, 2016
On the days they worked in 2015, 24 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home. The share of workers doing some or all of their work at home grew from 19 percent in 2003 to 24 percent in 2015. Workers in managerial and professional occupations were more likely than workers in other occupations to do some or all of their work at home.
Percent of workers doing some or all of their work on their main job at home, 2006–15 annual averages
Year
Total
Management, business, and financial operations occupations
Professional and related occupations
Service occupations
Sales and related occupations
Office and administrative support occupations
Construction and extraction occupations
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Production occupations
Transportation and material moving occupations
2006
21.1%
32.3%
33.2%
12.1%
20.3%
8.2%
14.5%
10.9%
3.8%
6.1%
2007
19.9
32.3
30.6
11.3
20.7
7.8
10.6
7.3
4.0
6.0
2008
21.1
29.8
32.1
13.0
24.3
12.3
5.5
9.2
5.5
7.3
2009
23.6
35.5
38.3
13.7
21.7
9.0
11.4
12.0
5.2
6.6
2010
23.6
32.9
32.9
15.0
26.6
10.6
11.6
12.7
6.3
10.3
2011
21.3
34.2
33.5
9.5
20.0
12.8
10.1
11.3
5.2
5.2
2012
23.2
35.5
37.0
10.1
21.4
9.3
16.0
14.7
6.2
7.2
2013
22.9
35.1
34.8
11.0
21.4
11.1
17.0
14.8
7.9
6.2
2014
23.1
36.8
34.0
12.0
26.0
8.5
15.0
9.5
4.6
6.3
2015
24.1
37.8
34.6
10.5
22.1
11.2
16.2
9.6
5.5
7.7
On the days they worked in 2015, 38 percent of people in management, business, and financial operations and 35 percent of people in professional and related occupations did some or all of their work from home. Workers employed in other occupations were less likely to work from home on days they worked.
These data are from the American Time Use Survey. For more information, see "American Time Use Survey — 2015 Results" (HTML) (PDF). For 2011 and beyond, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the American Time Use Survey; occupational data for years before 2011 are not strictly comparable with more recent years. Additional data are available from the American Time Use Survey database.
United States Department of Labor
