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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-42. People at work by telework status, usual full- or part-time status, occupation, industry, and class of worker, September 2026
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Total
people
at work(1)
People who teleworked or worked at
home for pay
People who did not
telework or work at
home for pay
Percent distribution
Total Teleworked
some hours(2)
Teleworked
all hours
Total
people
at work(1)
People who teleworked or worked at
home for pay
People who did not
telework or work at
home for pay
Total Teleworked
some hours(2)
Teleworked
all hours

Usual full- or part-time status

Total, 16 years and over

158,451 34,679 17,694 16,985 123,772 100.0 21.9 11.2 10.7 78.1

Full-time workers

131,502 30,585 16,289 14,296 100,917 100.0 23.3 12.4 10.9 76.7

Part-time workers

26,949 4,094 1,405 2,689 22,855 100.0 15.2 5.2 10.0 84.8

Occupation

Management, professional, and related occupations

71,022 25,171 13,105 12,066 45,850 100.0 35.4 18.5 17.0 64.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

30,967 13,288 6,818 6,470 17,679 100.0 42.9 22.0 20.9 57.1

Management occupations

20,983 7,914 4,218 3,696 13,069 100.0 37.7 20.1 17.6 62.3

Business and financial operations occupations

9,984 5,374 2,600 2,773 4,610 100.0 53.8 26.0 27.8 46.2

Professional and related occupations

40,055 11,884 6,287 5,597 28,171 100.0 29.7 15.7 14.0 70.3

Computer and mathematical occupations

6,813 4,340 1,725 2,615 2,472 100.0 63.7 25.3 38.4 36.3

Architecture and engineering occupations

3,529 1,212 749 463 2,317 100.0 34.3 21.2 13.1 65.7

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,796 594 361 233 1,202 100.0 33.1 20.1 13.0 66.9

Community and social services occupations

2,775 871 569 302 1,904 100.0 31.4 20.5 10.9 68.6

Legal occupations

1,711 866 565 301 845 100.0 50.6 33.0 17.6 49.4

Education, training, and library occupations

9,653 1,256 928 328 8,397 100.0 13.0 9.6 3.4 87.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

3,315 1,472 645 826 1,843 100.0 44.4 19.5 24.9 55.6

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

10,463 1,273 744 529 9,190 100.0 12.2 7.1 5.1 87.8

Service occupations

25,284 1,490 623 868 23,793 100.0 5.9 2.5 3.4 94.1

Healthcare support occupations

5,391 612 138 474 4,779 100.0 11.3 2.6 8.8 88.7

Protective service occupations

3,057 213 132 81 2,844 100.0 7.0 4.3 2.7 93.0

Food preparation and serving related occupations

7,801 110 72 38 7,691 100.0 1.4 0.9 0.5 98.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

5,488 215 136 79 5,273 100.0 3.9 2.5 1.4 96.1

Personal care and service occupations

3,547 341 145 196 3,206 100.0 9.6 4.1 5.5 90.4

Sales and office occupations

29,165 6,961 3,377 3,584 22,204 100.0 23.9 11.6 12.3 76.1

Sales and related occupations

13,655 3,311 1,755 1,557 10,343 100.0 24.3 12.8 11.4 75.7

Office and administrative support occupations

15,510 3,650 1,623 2,027 11,861 100.0 23.5 10.5 13.1 76.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

13,507 468 295 173 13,039 100.0 3.5 2.2 1.3 96.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

1,161 73 11 63 1,088 100.0 6.3 0.9 5.4 93.7

Construction and extraction occupations

7,658 166 135 31 7,492 100.0 2.2 1.8 0.4 97.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,688 229 149 79 4,459 100.0 4.9 3.2 1.7 95.1

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

19,474 588 295 294 18,886 100.0 3.0 1.5 1.5 97.0

Production occupations

7,535 352 144 208 7,183 100.0 4.7 1.9 2.8 95.3

Transportation and material moving occupations

11,940 236 150 86 11,704 100.0 2.0 1.3 0.7 98.0

Industry

Agriculture and related industries

2,579 360 80 280 2,219 100.0 14.0 3.1 10.9 86.0

Nonagricultural industries

155,872 34,319 17,615 16,704 121,554 100.0 22.0 11.3 10.7 78.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

595 68 39 29 526 100.0 11.5 6.6 4.9 88.5

Construction

11,441 1,085 730 355 10,356 100.0 9.5 6.4 3.1 90.5

Manufacturing

14,379 2,756 1,611 1,145 11,623 100.0 19.2 11.2 8.0 80.8

Durable goods manufacturing

9,601 1,860 1,108 752 7,740 100.0 19.4 11.5 7.8 80.6

Nondurable goods manufacturing

4,778 896 502 393 3,882 100.0 18.7 10.5 8.2 81.3

Wholesale and retail trade

19,129 2,416 1,329 1,087 16,713 100.0 12.6 6.9 5.7 87.4

Wholesale trade

2,989 731 424 307 2,258 100.0 24.5 14.2 10.3 75.5

Retail trade

16,140 1,685 905 780 14,455 100.0 10.4 5.6 4.8 89.6

Transportation and utilities

10,186 1,024 581 443 9,162 100.0 10.1 5.7 4.3 89.9

Transportation and warehousing

8,764 687 360 327 8,077 100.0 7.8 4.1 3.7 92.2

Utilities

1,422 337 221 116 1,085 100.0 23.7 15.5 8.2 76.3

Information

2,927 1,566 715 852 1,360 100.0 53.5 24.4 29.1 46.5

Financial activities

10,848 5,732 2,835 2,896 5,116 100.0 52.8 26.1 26.7 47.2

Finance and insurance

7,923 4,566 2,143 2,423 3,357 100.0 57.6 27.0 30.6 42.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

2,925 1,165 692 473 1,760 100.0 39.8 23.7 16.2 60.2

Professional and business services

20,901 9,046 3,636 5,410 11,855 100.0 43.3 17.4 25.9 56.7

Professional and technical services

13,349 7,593 2,970 4,623 5,756 100.0 56.9 22.2 34.6 43.1

Management, administrative, and waste services

7,552 1,453 667 787 6,099 100.0 19.2 8.8 10.4 80.8

Education and health services

37,061 6,273 3,492 2,781 30,788 100.0 16.9 9.4 7.5 83.1

Educational services

13,946 2,242 1,539 703 11,705 100.0 16.1 11.0 5.0 83.9

Health care and social assistance

23,114 4,031 1,953 2,078 19,083 100.0 17.4 8.4 9.0 82.6

Hospitals

8,344 1,218 597 621 7,126 100.0 14.6 7.2 7.4 85.4

Health services, except hospitals

11,153 2,066 972 1,094 9,088 100.0 18.5 8.7 9.8 81.5

Social assistance

3,617 748 384 363 2,869 100.0 20.7 10.6 10.0 79.3

Leisure and hospitality

13,086 1,029 603 426 12,056 100.0 7.9 4.6 3.3 92.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3,344 616 326 291 2,728 100.0 18.4 9.7 8.7 81.6

Accommodation and food services

9,741 413 277 136 9,328 100.0 4.2 2.8 1.4 95.8

Other services

7,635 1,493 874 619 6,142 100.0 19.6 11.4 8.1 80.4

Other services, except private households

7,170 1,433 852 581 5,737 100.0 20.0 11.9 8.1 80.0

Private households

465 60 22 38 405 100.0 12.9 4.8 8.1 87.1

Public administration

7,686 1,830 1,170 660 5,856 100.0 23.8 15.2 8.6 76.2

Class of worker(3)

Wage and salary workers, excluding incorporated self-employed

142,719 28,902 15,248 13,655 113,817 100.0 20.3 10.7 9.6 79.7

Private industries

121,078 25,410 12,937 12,473 95,668 100.0 21.0 10.7 10.3 79.0

Government

21,641 3,492 2,310 1,182 18,149 100.0 16.1 10.7 5.5 83.9

Federal

4,038 742 408 334 3,296 100.0 18.4 10.1 8.3 81.6

State

7,713 1,822 1,180 642 5,891 100.0 23.6 15.3 8.3 76.4

Local

9,890 928 723 206 8,962 100.0 9.4 7.3 2.1 90.6

Self-employed workers

15,647 5,769 2,442 3,327 9,878 100.0 36.9 15.6 21.3 63.1

Self-employed workers, incorporated

6,573 2,770 1,358 1,411 3,803 100.0 42.1 20.7 21.5 57.9

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

9,074 2,999 1,083 1,916 6,075 100.0 33.1 11.9 21.1 66.9

Footnotes
(1) Data refer to people who worked during the survey reference week regardless of telework status. Excludes employed people absent from work the entire week due to holidays, vacation, illness, or other reasons.
(2) Includes people who teleworked for some but not all of their work hours.
(3) Unpaid family workers are included in total employed, but not shown separately.

NOTE: Usual full- or part-time status refers to hours at all jobs combined; full time is 35 hours or more per week, and part time is less than 35 hours. Occupation, industry, and class of worker refer to a person's main or sole job. Data are not seasonally adjusted. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026