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Frequency of working at home in 2004

September 30, 2005

The total number of persons who reported in May 2004 that they worked at home as part of their primary job—regardless of how often they engaged in home-based work activity—was 25.4 million.

Job-related work at home on primary job, frequency, May 2004
[Chart data—TXT]

The majority of these workers—20.7 million—worked at home at least once a week. About 1.9 million persons worked at home at least once every 2 weeks, 1.6 million worked at home at least once per month, and 880,000 worked at home less than once per month.

While the total number of persons who reported some work at home in the May 2004 survey was about the same as in May 2001, the share working at home at least once per week edged up somewhat.

These data on work at home are from the Current Population Survey. Find out more in "Work at Home in 2004," news release USDL 05-1768.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Frequency of working at home in 2004 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2005/sept/wk4/art05.htm (visited December 09, 2024).

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