Table 2. Main reason workers worked at home by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2024-2025

Table 2. Main reason workers worked at home by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2024-2025
Characteristic	Total, workers who did work at home (in thousands)	Percent distribution by main reason for working at home
Characteristic	Total, workers who did work at home (in thousands)	Total	Finish or catch up on work	Job requires working at home	Coordinate work schedule with personal or family needs	Reduce commuting time or expense	Personal preference	Weather	Other
Age
Total, 15 years and over	50,886	100.0	9.0	32.7	11.8	10.0	31.3	1.6	3.5
15 to 24 years	2,548	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
25 to 34 years	12,856	100.0	6.4	30.8	11.0	12.4	34.2	2.5	2.7
35 to 44 years	13,931	100.0	6.9	33.1	16.7	9.4	29.2	1.3	3.4
45 to 54 years	10,748	100.0	11.9	35.0	10.4	9.2	29.9	0.9	2.6
55 to 64 years	8,102	100.0	12.7	32.2	9.4	10.6	28.5	1.8	4.8
65 years and over	2,702	100.0	8.3	36.7	6.9	8.2	29.0	2.4	8.6
Sex
Men	25,331	100.0	10.3	30.2	10.1	11.0	33.6	1.6	3.3
Women	25,555	100.0	7.7	35.1	13.6	9.0	29.2	1.7	3.7
Race(1)
White	39,015	100.0	10.3	31.3	12.1	10.2	31.0	1.7	3.6
Black or African American	5,576	100.0	4.4	43.5	9.3	5.1	33.6	1.1	3.0
Asian	5,043	100.0	4.6	31.1	13.7	13.2	32.5	1.6	3.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5,896	100.0	11.5	36.9	10.6	13.3	23.7	2.1	1.9
Non-Hispanic or Latino	44,990	100.0	8.6	32.1	12.0	9.6	32.4	1.6	3.7
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	193	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
High school graduates, no college	4,850	100.0	14.0	37.4	9.9	8.2	25.3	1.8	3.4
Some college or associate degree	7,129	100.0	9.3	27.9	12.7	12.0	29.9	1.4	6.8
Bachelor's degree and higher	36,166	100.0	8.0	33.3	12.1	10.3	31.5	1.8	3.0
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	18,082	100.0	8.2	30.6	19.2	9.1	28.1	1.1	3.7
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	3,506	100.0	13.4	37.5	9.9	5.3	28.6	z	5.2
Parent of a child under 13 years	14,576	100.0	7.0	28.9	21.4	10.0	28.0	1.4	3.3
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	32,804	100.0	9.4	33.8	7.8	10.5	33.1	1.9	3.4
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	17,707	100.0	8.0	31.7	11.0	9.8	34.6	0.9	3.9
Professional and related	21,052	100.0	9.6	31.2	11.6	12.2	30.4	2.2	2.7
Services	1,523	100.0	12.4	50.2	16.0	1.4	15.3	z	4.7
Sales and related	3,530	100.0	10.8	30.1	9.7	14.4	30.9	0.9	3.3
Office and administrative support	5,445	100.0	4.2	36.4	16.3	4.7	31.2	2.6	4.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	389	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Installation, maintenance, and repair	463	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Production	485	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Transportation and material moving	197	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	1,606	100.0	14.1	21.5	12.6	2.6	43.0	1.7	4.5
Manufacturing	5,372	100.0	9.7	28.2	11.2	13.5	33.8	1.0	2.6
Wholesale and retail trade	3,345	100.0	9.4	37.2	14.4	2.6	31.7	1.8	3.0
Transportation and utilities	1,722	100.0	4.4	39.8	7.8	15.5	27.2	1.2	4.1
Information	1,931	100.0	0.6	32.8	11.9	15.2	33.7	1.9	3.9
Financial activities	7,090	100.0	6.6	38.0	11.9	8.4	31.2	0.4	3.5
Professional and business services	13,154	100.0	4.9	35.6	10.0	10.6	34.5	1.9	2.6
Education and health services	10,631	100.0	16.5	28.9	11.3	9.6	26.8	2.4	4.5
Leisure and hospitality	951	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Other services	1,816	100.0	11.8	38.7	15.0	11.0	19.5	z	4.1
Public administration	2,969	100.0	5.2	26.4	19.4	11.8	29.5	3.2	4.4
Class of worker
Private sector	43,869	100.0	8.3	33.8	11.2	10.1	32.1	1.3	3.2
Private, for profit	37,913	100.0	8.1	34.5	10.6	10.0	32.5	1.2	3.1
Private, not for profit	5,956	100.0	9.9	29.0	15.3	11.1	29.2	1.8	3.7
Public sector	7,018	100.0	12.9	26.0	15.5	9.5	26.7	3.6	5.7
Federal government	1,728	100.0	7.4	29.6	16.0	4.9	33.4	5.2	3.5
State government	3,166	100.0	13.9	24.7	13.9	8.8	28.2	2.1	8.4
Local government	2,124	100.0	15.9	25.1	17.6	14.2	19.2	4.5	3.6
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3)
Full-time workers	42,532	100.0	9.1	32.4	11.4	10.0	31.7	1.6	3.8
Part-time workers	3,993	100.0	3.9	39.9	16.3	5.4	31.0	1.2	2.2
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	3,396	100.0	9.4	35.8	14.9	5.3	24.7	2.2	7.7
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	8,305	100.0	10.4	35.5	9.5	9.1	28.5	2.2	4.8
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	12,233	100.0	11.4	31.0	9.6	9.2	32.9	2.1	3.7
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	18,597	100.0	6.9	31.3	12.8	11.9	33.7	0.8	2.6
Work schedule flexibility(4)
Had flexible schedule	40,321	100.0	8.1	32.1	12.3	10.0	33.2	1.1	3.2
Did not have flexible schedule	10,566	100.0	12.3	34.9	9.9	10.1	24.3	3.7	4.8
(1) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all races. (2) People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. (3) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. (4) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. z - Estimate is approximately zero.
Note: Data refer to wage and salary workers at their main jobs. All self-employed workers (including workers with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses) are excluded. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to workers 15 years and over.

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