Last year, a significant minority of U.S. workers in the management, business and financial sectors (38 per cent) and the professional occupations (35 per cent) did at least some of their work from home on days they worked, according to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor.
Employees in other industries were less likely to work from home, the statistics found. But working from home is on the rise. Overall, the proportion of employees doing at least some work from home rose to 24 per cent in 2015 from 19 per cent in 2003. During the same period, the average time employees spent working from home increased by 40 minutes per day of work, to 3.2 hours from 2.6 hours.
Employees aged 25 and over who had at least a bachelor’s degree were the most likely to do some or all work from home (39 per cent). Those with less than a high school diploma were the least likely to work from home (7 per cent).
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