Share of employees who could work from home by industry U.S. 2018

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Abigail Tierney,
Aug 9, 2024
From 2017 to 2018, about 57.7 percent of those who worked in the financial activities industry in the United States could work from ome. On the other hand, less than nine percent who worked in the leisure and hospitality industry could work from home.

Share of workers who could work from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (as a share of total workers)

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September 2019

Region

United States

Survey time period

2017 to 2018

Age group

14 years and older

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