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2026 editionKey takeaways
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- Total, 16 years and over: any telework as a share of people at work: 21.6% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Total, 16 years and over: teleworked some but not all hours as a share of people at work: 11% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Total, 16 years and over: teleworked all hours as a share of people at work: 10.6% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Computer and mathematical occupations: any telework as a share of people at work: 60.8% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Business and financial operations occupations: any telework as a share of people at work: 52.8% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Legal occupations: any telework as a share of people at work: 54.8% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Office and administrative support occupations: any telework as a share of people at work: 22.8% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Information: any telework as a share of people at work: 49.1% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Finance and insurance: any telework as a share of people at work: 56.7% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Professional and technical services: any telework as a share of people at work: 57% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Educational services: any telework as a share of people at work: 18.6% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Accommodation and food services: any telework as a share of people at work: 3.9% (August 2026; not seasonally adjusted).U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
How common is remote or hybrid work in the checked month?
BLS measures any paid work from home during the reference week. “Some hours” and “all hours” describe that week, not a permanent hybrid or remote employment contract.
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| Population | Any telework | Some, not all hours | All hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total, 16 years and over | 21.6% | 11% | 10.6% |
Not seasonally adjusted. Occupational and industry categories refer to the main or sole job. Parent groups and subgroups overlap; do not add them.
Primary source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 4, 2026
How does telework differ by occupation?
BLS measures any paid work from home during the reference week. “Some hours” and “all hours” describe that week, not a permanent hybrid or remote employment contract.
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| occupation | Any telework | Some, not all hours | All hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management, professional, and related occupations | 35.9% | 19% | 16.9% |
| Management, business, and financial operations occupations | 41.7% | 21.9% | 19.8% |
| Management occupations | 36.4% | 19.8% | 16.7% |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 52.8% | 26.2% | 26.5% |
| Professional and related occupations | 31.3% | 16.7% | 14.6% |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 60.8% | 25.8% | 34.9% |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 35.3% | 23.4% | 11.9% |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 35.3% | 21.9% | 13.4% |
| Community and social services occupations | 34.2% | 24% | 10.2% |
| Legal occupations | 54.8% | 32.9% | 21.9% |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 15.3% | 8.2% | 7% |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 44.1% | 20.7% | 23.4% |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 12.9% | 7.7% | 5.2% |
| Service occupations | 5.8% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Healthcare support occupations | 11.8% | 2.6% | 9.1% |
| Protective service occupations | 5.7% | 3.3% | 2.3% |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3.2% | 2% | 1.3% |
| Personal care and service occupations | 10.1% | 3.7% | 6.5% |
| Sales and office occupations | 23.3% | 10.8% | 12.5% |
| Sales and related occupations | 23.9% | 11.9% | 12% |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 22.8% | 9.8% | 12.9% |
| Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations | 3% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 3.7% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2.1% | 1.5% | 0.6% |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4.3% | 2.4% | 1.9% |
| Production, transportation, and material moving occupations | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Production occupations | 4.8% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
Not seasonally adjusted. Occupational and industry categories refer to the main or sole job. Parent groups and subgroups overlap; do not add them.
Primary source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 4, 2026
How does telework differ by industry?
BLS measures any paid work from home during the reference week. “Some hours” and “all hours” describe that week, not a permanent hybrid or remote employment contract.
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| industry | Any telework | Some, not all hours | All hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and related industries | 13.3% | 3.3% | 10% |
| Nonagricultural industries | 21.8% | 11.1% | 10.6% |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 8.9% | 8.3% | 0.6% |
| Construction | 9.6% | 5.9% | 3.8% |
| Manufacturing | 19% | 11.5% | 7.5% |
| Durable goods manufacturing | 19.9% | 12% | 7.9% |
| Nondurable goods manufacturing | 17.1% | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 12.6% | 6.6% | 6.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 25.5% | 13.2% | 12.3% |
| Retail trade | 10.3% | 5.3% | 4.9% |
| Transportation and utilities | 9.3% | 5.7% | 3.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 7.2% | 4% | 3.2% |
| Utilities | 21.8% | 15.6% | 6.2% |
| Information | 49.1% | 21.3% | 27.7% |
| Financial activities | 51.2% | 25.7% | 25.4% |
| Finance and insurance | 56.7% | 27.1% | 29.6% |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 37.2% | 22.2% | 15% |
| Professional and business services | 42.8% | 18.1% | 24.6% |
| Professional and technical services | 57% | 23.5% | 33.5% |
| Management, administrative, and waste services | 17.1% | 8.4% | 8.6% |
| Education and health services | 17.8% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Educational services | 18.6% | 11.2% | 7.5% |
| Health care and social assistance | 17.4% | 9.1% | 8.3% |
| Hospitals | 15.1% | 7.5% | 7.5% |
| Health services, except hospitals | 17.7% | 8.9% | 8.7% |
| Social assistance | 21.8% | 13.1% | 8.7% |
| Leisure and hospitality | 6.7% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 15.1% | 7.2% | 7.9% |
| Accommodation and food services | 3.9% | 2.4% | 1.5% |
| Other services | 18.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| Other services, except private households | 18.7% | 9.6% | 9% |
| Private households | 11.4% | 1% | 10.4% |
| Public administration | 22.9% | 14.7% | 8.2% |
Not seasonally adjusted. Occupational and industry categories refer to the main or sole job. Parent groups and subgroups overlap; do not add them.
Primary source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 4, 2026
Why do different remote-work surveys produce different rates?
A survey can measure workers, jobs, hours, employer policies or preferences. Those denominators answer different questions, even when the headline uses the same word “remote.”
These tables use people at work. They exclude people absent for the entire reference week and do not measure job vacancies, remote eligibility or desired work arrangements.
Primary source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — September 4, 2026
What can these statistics tell a workflow designer?
They provide context for where distributed handoffs may matter, but they do not identify the communication needs of a particular team. Map your own task ownership, decision records and escalation paths.
No productivity effect, software saving or causal advantage of remote work is estimated on this page.
How this report was built
Methodology and limitations
- We extracted the percentage-distribution columns from the same August 2026 BLS A-42 table. Every row keeps the worker group, reference month and category locator.
- The any-telework category includes both partial-week and all-hours telework. The three columns are useful views of one distribution, not three independent populations.
- Industry and occupation views overlap. We preserve source precision and do not annualize monthly rates, smooth the series, or convert weekly work patterns into permanent job classifications.
What these numbers cannot tell you
- These are household-survey estimates with sampling and nonsampling error. Point-estimate differences are not significance-tested rankings.
- Seasonality and annually updated population controls affect comparisons. Industry classifications changed in 2025.
- Telework participation does not measure performance, collaboration quality, retention or the effectiveness of a particular product.
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- U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCPS Table A-42: people at work by telework status ↗Published September 4, 2026. Accessed September 13, 2026.U.S. federal government data; attribution requested. No agency endorsement.
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