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About one in five (19.5 percent) workers teleworked or worked at home for pay in August 2023. The telework rate — the number of people who teleworked or worked at home for pay as a percentage of people who were working — has been in the range of 17.9 percent to 20.0 percent between October 2022 and August 2023. These data are not adjusted for potential seasonal variations.
Telework rate by selected characteristics, October 2022 to August 2023, not seasonally adjusted
Month
Total
Men
Women
White
Black
Asian
Hispanic
16 to 24 years old
25 to 54 years old
55 years and older
Oct 2022
17.9
16.5
19.4
17.6
13.8
29.8
9.0
6.4
19.9
18.2
Nov 2022
18.5
17.2
20.1
18.4
14.2
29.8
9.5
6.1
20.8
18.9
Dec 2022
19.0
17.8
20.3
18.8
14.6
30.9
10.2
6.3
21.2
19.3
Jan 2023
19.4
18.2
20.8
19.2
14.4
32.0
11.1
6.6
21.7
19.8
Feb 2023
20.0
18.7
21.3
19.7
16.3
31.4
11.3
6.6
22.2
21.0
Mar 2023
19.5
17.9
21.4
19.1
16.1
32.2
11.2
7.2
21.6
20.3
Apr 2023
18.5
16.7
20.6
18.2
14.9
30.0
9.9
5.7
20.6
19.5
May 2023
18.9
17.3
20.8
18.9
14.5
28.7
9.9
5.2
21.3
19.8
Jun 2023
19.0
17.2
21.0
18.8
14.7
30.4
9.5
5.9
21.1
20.7
Jul 2023
19.9
17.8
22.5
19.7
15.9
30.7
10.2
6.9
22.1
21.6
Aug 2023
19.5
17.7
21.6
19.3
15.4
31.2
9.9
6.6
21.8
20.6
The telework rate varied across the major demographic groups. In August 2023, 21.6 percent of women teleworked, higher than the 17.7 percent of men. Telework was more common among Asians (31.2 percent) than Whites (19.3 percent), Blacks (15.4 percent), and Hispanics (9.9 percent).
Younger workers had lower telework rates than older workers. Among people who worked, 6.6 percent of those ages 16 to 24 years old had teleworked in August, compared with 21.8 percent of workers ages 25 to 54, and 20.6 percent of workers age 55 and older.
These data are from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and are not seasonally adjusted. Learn more about these new telework data. These data refer to employed people who teleworked or worked at home for pay during the CPS reference week. People whose ethnicity is Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
United States Department of Labor
