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Workers with advanced degrees more likely to work at home

July 30, 2018

On an average day in 2017, 23 percent of workers spent some time working at home on days they worked. The share of workers performing work at home rose from 19 percent per day in 2003 to 24 percent in 2009 and 2010, and remained relatively flat from 2010 to 2017.
Percentage of people working at home on days they worked, by educational attainment, 2003–2017
Year Total employed, all educational levels, age 15 and over Less than a high school diploma, age 25 and over High school graduates no college, age 25 and over Some college or associate degree, age 25 and over Bachelor's degree only, age 25 and over Advanced degree, age 25 and over

2003

 18.6% 8.6% 12.9% 18.6% 28.0% 39.0%

2004

 19.2 (1) 13.1 19.0 29.3 39.1

2005

 19.6 (1) 11.4 20.6 31.7 38.4

2006

 21.1 5.5 13.0 20.4 32.3 44.4

2007

 19.9 6.2 12.8 19.7 29.5 42.7

2008

 21.1 8.6 12.9 20.5 30.2 44.0

2009

 23.6 10.2 13.0 20.7 36.6 46.6

2010

 23.6 10.4 16.6 22.8 31.5 44.1

2011

 21.3 11.0 11.2 20.1 32.3 40.9

2012

 23.2 5.4 12.7 21.1 34.2 44.0

2013

 22.9 7.1 17.0 18.9 31.6 43.2

2014

 23.1 11.5 13.8 17.5 34.8 45.2

2015

 24.1 7.2 14.0 19.8 34.6 46.7

2016

 22.3 8.8 12.0 20.6 31.6 43.1

2017

 23.4 12.5 12.4 18.6 32.2 45.6
Footnotes:

(1) Estimate is not available because it does not meet publication standards.

Among workers age 25 and over, those with advanced degrees were more likely to work at home than were those with lower levels of educational attainment. In 2017, 46 percent of those with advanced degrees, and 32 percent of those with bachelor's degrees, performed some work at home on days they worked, compared with 12 percent of those with a high school diploma.

These data are from the American Time Use Survey. For more information, see "American Time Use Survey — 2017 Results." Also see charts of the latest American Time Use Survey data.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Workers with advanced degrees more likely to work at home at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/workers-with-advanced-degrees-more-likely-to-work-at-home.htm (visited October 14, 2024).

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