29 percent of wage and salary workers could work at home in their primary job in 2017–18

Twenty-nine percent of wage and salary workers could work at home in their primary job in 2017–18, and 25 percent did work at home at least occasionally.  Fifteen percent of wage and salary workers had days they only worked at home.  Asians were more likely to work at home, 32 percent, compared with 26 percent of Whites and 18 percent of Blacks or African-Americans.  Hispanic or Latino workers (13 percent) were less likely to work at home than non-Hispanics (27 percent).   

In 2017–18, 57 percent of workers had a flexible schedule that allowed them to vary the times they began and stopped work. Twenty-four percent of workers had a flexible schedule and could also work at home, while 33 percent of workers had a flexible schedule but could not work at home. Thirty-eight percent of workers could not work at home and did not have a flexible schedule.

These data are from the American Time Use Survey. For more information, see “Job Flexibilities and Work Schedules — 2017–2018 Data from the American Time Use Survey.”