35% of U.S. workers with jobs that can be done remotely were working from home all of the time in early 2023
Pew Research Center · 2023 · Survey of 5,775 U.S. adults on Pew's American Trends Panel, Feb 6-12, 2023 · source
Remote Work statistics
Remote Work Statistics 2026
56 statistics · 16 primary sources · data as of November 2026
Every figure below links to the institution that published it. Each was opened and checked by a human editor.
28%
of U.S. paid full days were worked from home in September 2024 (Stanford WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes), 2024)
12%
of U.S. full-time employees were fully remote by mid-2024, while 27% were hybrid and 61% fully on-site (Stanford WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes), 2024)
51%
of remote-capable U.S. employees worked in a hybrid arrangement in Q2 2025 (Gallup, 2025)
8%
Only of remote-capable U.S. employees worked exclusively remote in 2019, before the pandemic (Gallup, 2019)
Section 01
How common
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75% of employed U.S. adults whose jobs can be done from home were working remotely at least some of the time in late 2024
Pew Research Center · 2024 · Survey of 2,315 U.S. adults with teleworkable jobs, American Trends Panel, Oct 7-13, 2024 · source
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62% of U.S. workers were full-time in-office in 2024, down from 66% in 2023
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 8th annual survey of 2,000 full-time U.S. workers ages 18+, May 2024 · source
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13.4% of U.S. LinkedIn job postings were hybrid and 8.5% were remote in July 2024
LinkedIn Economic Graph · 2024 · LinkedIn Economic Graph analysis of paid job postings in five countries, 12 months ending July 2024 · source
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Global average working-from-home intensity fell to 1.27 days per week in 2024/2025, stabilized since 2023
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (Global Survey of Working Arrangements) · 2025 · G-SWA wave 4: 16,000+ college graduates across 40 countries, Nov 2024-Feb 2025; balanced 22-country panel · source
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Working from home accounted for about 25% of all U.S. paid workdays in 2025, 3.5 times its 2019 level
National Bureau of Economic Research (Barrero, Bloom & Davis) · 2025 · NBER Working Paper 28731 analysis of 250,000+ U.S. worker survey responses since 2020 · source
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80% of U.S. companies now offer some form of remote work, according to Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom in 2024
Stanford University (news.stanford.edu) · 2024 · Bloom's count cited in Stanford News coverage of the Trip.com Nature study, June 2024 · source
Section 02
Productivity
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Calls per hour rose by 9.1% when a Turkish call center shifted fully remote during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown
National Bureau of Economic Research (Aksoy, Bloom, Davis, Marino & Ozguzel) · 2020 · Tempo BPO natural experiment, ~3,500 call center agents transitioning to fully remote work · source
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Workforce productivity at the fully remote Turkish call center rose by 10%, reflecting shorter call durations
National Bureau of Economic Research (Aksoy, Bloom, Davis, Marino & Ozguzel) · 2020 · Tempo BPO administrative data; customer service ratings also improved · source
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83% of employees surveyed by McKinsey in 2022 cite the ability to work more efficiently and productively as a primary benefit of remote work
McKinsey & Company (American Opportunity Survey) · 2022 · McKinsey American Opportunity Survey, Ipsos poll of 25,062 U.S. adults, spring 2022 · source
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Only half (50%) of HR leaders say employee productivity is a primary benefit of working remotely
McKinsey & Company (American Opportunity Survey) · 2022 · McKinsey American Opportunity Survey 2022; contrast with 83% of employees · source
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Well-organized hybrid work can yield a productivity improvement of up to 5%, Nicholas Bloom says
McKinsey & Company (interview with Nicholas Bloom, Stanford) · 2022 · Bloom's estimate factoring commute time saved and quieter home environments · source
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Only 7% of U.S. firms say onsite work is more productive, while 2% say WFH is more productive; most see no difference
U.S. Census Bureau (Business Trends and Outlook Survey, via NBER) · 2025 · BTOS supplement covering 150,000+ U.S. firms, November 2024 to January 2025 · source
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Managers who lived through a hybrid-work trial revised their perceived productivity effect from -2.6% to +1.0% on average
Nature (Bloom, Han & Liang, Trip.com RCT) · 2022 · Six-month RCT, 1,612 graduate employees at Trip.com; 395 managers surveyed before and after · source
Section 03
Costs and savings
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Hybrid workers spend an average of $42 more per day when they work from the office versus remotely
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 2024 survey of 2,000 full-time U.S. workers · source
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Going to the office cost hybrid workers an average of $61 per day in 2024, a 20% increase from 2023
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 2024 report; commuting accounts for $17 of the daily cost · source
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Returning to pre-pandemic work arrangements would lower U.S. output per hour by 3.5%, the NBER model estimates
National Bureau of Economic Research (Barrero, Bloom & Davis) · 2025 · Quantitative equilibrium model calibrated on SWAA survey data, output inclusive of commute time · source
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Eliminating remote work would reduce average U.S. worker welfare by 2.6%, the NBER model estimates
National Bureau of Economic Research (Barrero, Bloom & Davis) · 2025 · Quantitative equilibrium model calibrated on SWAA survey data; loss averages mask large differences across workers · source
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Fully remote hiring let the Turkish call center raise its share of graduate employees by 14% without raising wages
National Bureau of Economic Research (Aksoy, Bloom, Davis, Marino & Ozguzel) · 2020 · Tempo BPO natural experiment; remote access to wider labor pools including married women and rural residents · source
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38% of mothers with young children say that without workplace flexibility they would have had to reduce their work hours or leave their companies
McKinsey & Company (American Opportunity Survey) · 2022 · McKinsey American Opportunity Survey, Ipsos poll of 25,062 U.S. adults, spring 2022 · source
Section 04
Well-being
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71% of U.S. workers who work from home all, most or some of the time say it helps them balance work and personal lives
Pew Research Center · 2023 · Survey of 5,775 U.S. adults, American Trends Panel, Feb 6-12, 2023 · source
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98% of remote workers would recommend remote work to others in Buffer's 2023 survey
Buffer · 2023 · Buffer 2023 State of Remote Work, 3,000 remote workers worldwide · source
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98% of remote workers want to work remotely at least some of the time for the rest of their careers
Buffer · 2023 · Buffer 2023 State of Remote Work, 3,000 remote workers worldwide · source
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91% of remote workers report having a positive experience with remote work
Buffer · 2023 · Buffer 2023 State of Remote Work, 3,000 remote workers worldwide · source
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Loneliness is the biggest struggle with remote work for 23% of remote workers
Buffer · 2023 · Buffer 2023 State of Remote Work struggles ranking · source
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22% of remote workers say not being able to unplug is their biggest challenge, down from 25% in 2022
Buffer · 2023 · Buffer 2023 State of Remote Work struggles ranking · source
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43% of U.S. workers said their stress levels increased compared with the previous year, per Owl Labs' 2024 report
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 8th annual State of Hybrid Work survey of 2,000 full-time U.S. workers · source
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72% of U.S. hybrid workers say they would choose a hybrid arrangement if they could
Pew Research Center · 2024 · Survey of 2,315 U.S. adults with teleworkable jobs, Oct 7-13, 2024 · source
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Women with children worldwide desire to work from home an average of 2.66 days per week, the highest of any group
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (Global Survey of Working Arrangements) · 2025 · G-SWA wave 4, 40 countries, Nov 2024-Feb 2025 · source
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Work satisfaction scores among hybrid workers rose to 8.19 out of 10 in the Trip.com randomized trial, versus 7.84 for office-only peers
Nature (Bloom, Han & Liang, Trip.com RCT) · 2022 · Six-month RCT with 1,612 graduate employees, Aug 2021-Jan 2022; 0-10 satisfaction scale · source
Section 05
Management and policy
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Planned return-to-office mandates would cut the U.S. work-from-home share of paid workdays by only 0.4 percentage points, from 21.2% to 20.8%
Survey of Business Uncertainty (SIEPR / Atlanta Fed / Chicago Booth) · 2025 · SBU February 2025 wave, 1,000+ U.S. business executives, employment-weighted · source
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Only 12% of U.S. executives with hybrid or remote workers reported plans for a return-to-office mandate in the year ahead (February 2025)
Survey of Business Uncertainty (SIEPR / Atlanta Fed / Chicago Booth) · 2025 · SBU February 2025 wave; over a quarter of planned RTOs require onsite only 1-4 days a week · source
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Only 44% of U.S. workers who work from home would comply with a fully onsite return-to-office policy; 14% would quit immediately and 41% would start job hunting
Stanford WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes) · 2024 · SWAA December 2024 wave, as cited in the SIEPR policy brief · source
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85% of U.S. executives say their work-from-home policies would not change even if unemployment doubled
Survey of Business Uncertainty (SIEPR / Atlanta Fed / Chicago Booth) · 2025 · SBU February 2025 hypothetical question; modeled effect would cut WFH days just 0.9 percentage points · source
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46% of U.S. workers with teleworkable jobs say they would be unlikely to stay at their job if remote work were no longer allowed (late 2024)
Pew Research Center · 2024 · Survey of 2,315 U.S. adults with jobs that can be done from home, Oct 7-13, 2024 · source
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75% of U.S. workers with teleworkable jobs who are not fully remote say their employer now requires in-office days, up from 63% in early 2023
Pew Research Center · 2024 · Survey of 2,315 U.S. adults with teleworkable jobs, Oct 7-13, 2024 · source
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25% of U.S. workers said their company changed its remote or hybrid working policy in the last year (2024)
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 8th annual State of Hybrid Work survey of 2,000 full-time U.S. workers · source
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75% of U.S. workers believe employers require office attendance because of traditional expectations, up from 69% in 2023
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 2024 State of Hybrid Work, U.S. report · source
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40% of U.S. workers would look for a new job that offered more flexibility if they could no longer work hybrid or remote
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 2024 State of Hybrid Work, U.S. report · source
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The share of U.S. federal employees in flexible hybrid arrangements fell from 61% in late 2024 to 28% in Q2 2025 after the administration ended remote work for most federal employees
Gallup · 2025 · Gallup workforce survey, May 7-16, 2025; 46% of federal workers now fully on-site · source
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Only 54% of managers who manage remote workers strongly agree they trust their teams to be productive when working remotely
Gallup · 2025 · Gallup Q2 2025 workforce survey; 57% of employees say they feel trusted by their manager · source
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Only 23% of remote-capable Gen Z employees in the U.S. prefer fully remote work, versus 35% of each older generation
Gallup · 2025 · Gallup WF Q2 2025 survey of 19,043 U.S. workers; Gen Z preferred hybrid at 71% · source
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Resignations fell by 33% among Trip.com workers who shifted from full-time office to a hybrid schedule in the 2021-2022 randomized trial
Stanford University (news.stanford.edu) · 2022 · Trip.com six-month RCT with 1,612 employees, reported in Nature; savings estimated in the millions · source
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70% of U.S. firms do not monitor whether employees meet onsite work requirements, and 75% do not track how much employees work from home
U.S. Census Bureau (Business Trends and Outlook Survey, via NBER) · 2025 · BTOS WFH supplement, 150,000+ U.S. firms, November 2024 to January 2025 · source
Section 06
Technology
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75% of knowledge workers worldwide used AI at work in 2024, per the Microsoft and LinkedIn Work Trend Index
Microsoft (2024 Work Trend Index, with LinkedIn) · 2024 · Edelman Data x Intelligence survey of 31,000 knowledge workers across 31 markets, Feb-Mar 2024 · source
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78% of AI users at work bring their own AI tools rather than waiting for company rollout
Microsoft (2024 Work Trend Index, with LinkedIn) · 2024 · 2024 Work Trend Index, survey of 31,000 knowledge workers in 31 countries · source
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AI power users save over 30 minutes per day by reorienting their workdays around AI
Microsoft (2024 Work Trend Index, with LinkedIn) · 2024 · 2024 Work Trend Index power-user segment analysis · source
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24% of U.S. workers say they use AI tools daily for work (2024)
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 2024 State of Hybrid Work survey of 2,000 full-time U.S. workers · source
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23% of U.S. workers use AI tools multiple times a day for work (2024)
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 2024 State of Hybrid Work survey of 2,000 full-time U.S. workers · source
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46% of U.S. workers said their company added or increased use of employee productivity or activity monitoring software in the past year
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 2024 State of Hybrid Work, U.S. report · source
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58% of U.S. employees worked remotely from places other than a home office or coworking space in 2024
Owl Labs · 2024 · Owl Labs 2024 State of Hybrid Work; 'workcations' or quiet vacationing trend · source
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27% of fully on-site remote-capable U.S. employees now work on teams spread across different locations, up from 13% in 2023
Gallup · 2025 · Gallup Q2 2025 workforce survey of 17,660 U.S. workers · source
CITE THIS REPORT
statfern. "Remote Work Statistics 2026." Published 2026-11-13. https://statfern.com/remote-work-statistics/
Data sources
The primary sources behind this report. We link to the page where each figure appears.
| 01 | Stanford WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes) | SWAA monthly online survey, N = 212,533 U.S. residents aged 20-64, September 2024 wave | View source → |
| 02 | Gallup | Gallup Panel web survey of 17,660 U.S. adults working full or part time, May 7-16, 2025 | View source → |
| 03 | Pew Research Center | Survey of 5,775 U.S. adults on Pew's American Trends Panel, Feb 6-12, 2023 | View source → |
| 04 | Owl Labs | Owl Labs 8th annual survey of 2,000 full-time U.S. workers ages 18+, May 2024 | View source → |
| 05 | LinkedIn Economic Graph | LinkedIn Economic Graph analysis of paid job postings in five countries, 12 months ending July 2024 | View source → |
| 06 | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (Global Survey of Working Arrangements) | G-SWA wave 4: 16,000+ college graduates across 40 countries, Nov 2024-Feb 2025; balanced 22-country panel | View source → |
| 07 | National Bureau of Economic Research (Barrero, Bloom & Davis) | NBER Working Paper 28731 analysis of 250,000+ U.S. worker survey responses since 2020 | View source → |
| 08 | Stanford University (news.stanford.edu) | Bloom's count cited in Stanford News coverage of the Trip.com Nature study, June 2024 | View source → |
| 09 | National Bureau of Economic Research (Aksoy, Bloom, Davis, Marino & Ozguzel) | Tempo BPO natural experiment, ~3,500 call center agents transitioning to fully remote work | View source → |
| 10 | McKinsey & Company (American Opportunity Survey) | McKinsey American Opportunity Survey, Ipsos poll of 25,062 U.S. adults, spring 2022 | View source → |
| 11 | McKinsey & Company (interview with Nicholas Bloom, Stanford) | Bloom's estimate factoring commute time saved and quieter home environments | View source → |
| 12 | U.S. Census Bureau (Business Trends and Outlook Survey, via NBER) | BTOS supplement covering 150,000+ U.S. firms, November 2024 to January 2025 | View source → |
| 13 | Nature (Bloom, Han & Liang, Trip.com RCT) | Six-month RCT, 1,612 graduate employees at Trip.com; 395 managers surveyed before and after | View source → |
| 14 | Buffer | Buffer 2023 State of Remote Work, 3,000 remote workers worldwide | View source → |
| 15 | Survey of Business Uncertainty (SIEPR / Atlanta Fed / Chicago Booth) | SBU February 2025 wave, 1,000+ U.S. business executives, employment-weighted | View source → |
| 16 | Microsoft (2024 Work Trend Index, with LinkedIn) | Edelman Data x Intelligence survey of 31,000 knowledge workers across 31 markets, Feb-Mar 2024 | View source → |
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