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The ability to pause work is present for 53.5% of workers in 2025
01/16/2026
The ability to pause work was present for 53.5 percent of workers in 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In 2025, greater than 95 percent of software developers had the ability to pause work.
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