A-43. Average weekly hours of work and percent of hours teleworked by telework status and selected characteristics

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A-43. Average weekly hours of work and percent of hours teleworked by telework status and selected characteristics, November 2025 [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Total people at work(1)				People who teleworked or worked at home for pay
Characteristic	Number of people (in thousands)	Average weekly hours teleworked or worked at home for pay	Average weekly hours worked	Hours teleworked or worked at home for pay as a percent of hours worked(2)	Number of people (in thousands)	Average weekly hours teleworked or worked at home for pay	Average weekly hours worked	Hours teleworked or worked at home for pay as a percent of hours worked(2)
Age and sex
Total, 16 years and over	159,601	6.0	38.1	15.7	36,627	26.0	39.8	65.5
16 to 24 years	19,223	1.5	31.1	4.9	1,356	21.6	34.6	62.6
16 to 19 years	5,021	0.5	23.0	2.1	125	19.7	23.7	83.4
20 to 24 years	14,202	1.9	33.9	5.6	1,231	21.8	35.7	61.2
25 to 54 years	103,464	6.7	39.8	16.9	26,305	26.5	40.7	65.1
25 to 34 years	35,314	5.8	39.2	14.7	7,883	25.8	39.8	64.8
35 to 44 years	36,322	7.3	39.7	18.4	9,928	26.8	40.5	66.2
45 to 54 years	31,829	7.1	40.6	17.5	8,494	26.7	41.7	63.9
55 years and over	36,913	6.2	36.9	16.8	8,967	25.5	37.8	67.3
55 to 64 years	25,694	6.6	38.9	16.9	6,287	26.9	40.2	66.8
65 years and over	11,219	5.3	32.3	16.4	2,680	22.2	32.2	68.8
Men, 16 years and over	84,442	5.5	40.0	13.7	17,794	26.0	41.2	63.0
16 to 24 years	9,568	1.5	32.7	4.5	618	22.9	36.6	62.4
25 to 54 years	55,091	6.1	41.7	14.7	12,803	26.4	42.2	62.6
25 to 34 years	18,968	5.1	41.0	12.6	3,798	25.7	41.0	62.7
35 to 44 years	19,489	6.5	41.6	15.5	4,796	26.2	42.0	62.4
45 to 54 years	16,635	6.9	42.6	16.2	4,208	27.3	43.6	62.7
55 years and over	19,783	5.6	38.8	14.3	4,373	25.1	38.9	64.7
55 to 64 years	13,490	5.9	40.9	14.3	2,946	26.9	41.7	64.4
65 years and over	6,293	4.9	34.4	14.2	1,427	21.6	33.0	65.4
Women, 16 years and over	75,158	6.5	35.9	18.2	18,833	26.1	38.4	68.0
16 to 24 years	9,655	1.6	29.4	5.4	738	20.6	32.9	62.7
25 to 54 years	48,373	7.4	37.7	19.6	13,502	26.5	39.2	67.6
25 to 34 years	16,346	6.5	37.0	17.5	4,084	25.9	38.7	66.9
35 to 44 years	16,833	8.3	37.6	22.2	5,132	27.4	39.0	70.1
45 to 54 years	15,194	7.3	38.4	19.1	4,286	26.0	39.9	65.3
55 years and over	17,130	6.9	34.6	20.0	4,594	25.8	36.9	69.9
55 to 64 years	12,204	7.4	36.6	20.1	3,340	26.9	38.9	69.0
65 years and over	4,926	5.8	29.6	19.5	1,253	22.8	31.3	72.8
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	120,437	6.0	38.0	15.7	27,873	25.9	39.7	65.1
Men	64,777	5.4	40.1	13.6	13,606	25.9	41.4	62.6
Women	55,660	6.6	35.6	18.6	14,267	25.8	38.1	67.7
Black or African American	20,536	4.5	38.5	11.7	3,377	27.4	40.2	68.0
Men	9,957	3.5	40.1	8.7	1,327	26.1	41.4	63.2
Women	10,578	5.5	37.1	14.7	2,050	28.2	39.5	71.3
Asian	12,175	8.5	37.8	22.4	3,937	26.2	39.1	67.0
Men	6,442	9.0	39.2	23.0	2,252	25.8	39.9	64.7
Women	5,732	7.8	36.3	21.6	1,685	26.6	37.9	70.2
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	32,588	3.4	37.6	9.0	4,275	25.9	39.5	65.4
Men	18,004	2.6	39.6	6.6	1,901	24.8	41.9	59.3
Women	14,584	4.3	35.3	12.3	2,374	26.7	37.6	70.9
Disability status
With a disability	8,464	6.3	34.4	18.2	2,111	25.1	38.1	66.0
With no disability	151,137	6.0	38.3	15.6	34,516	26.1	39.9	65.5
Foreign born status
Foreign born	29,975	4.9	38.2	12.8	5,660	25.8	39.4	65.6
Native born	129,625	6.2	38.0	16.4	30,967	26.1	39.8	65.5
Marital status
Married, spouse present	81,630	7.2	39.2	18.4	22,852	25.8	39.7	64.9
Widowed, divorced, or separated(3)	22,196	5.8	38.4	15.0	4,687	27.3	40.5	67.4
Never married	55,775	4.2	36.3	11.7	9,088	26.0	39.4	66.0
Presence of children
With own children under 18	49,088	7.1	39.4	18.0	13,237	26.2	40.5	64.8
With no own children under 18	110,513	5.5	37.5	14.6	23,390	25.9	39.3	65.9
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	140,377	6.6	39.0	16.9	35,271	26.2	40.0	65.6
Less than a high school diploma	8,124	1.4	37.7	3.8	437	26.9	39.9	67.4
High school graduates, no college(4)	34,690	2.5	38.7	6.4	3,140	27.2	38.8	70.0
Some college or associate degree	34,097	5.2	38.9	13.4	6,524	27.3	39.6	68.9
Bachelor's degree and higher(5)	63,466	10.2	39.4	25.9	25,171	25.8	40.2	64.2
Bachelor's degree only	38,805	10.4	39.3	26.4	14,838	27.2	40.3	67.5
Advanced degree	24,661	10.0	39.7	25.2	10,333	23.8	40.1	59.4
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) Aggregate hours teleworked or worked at home for pay as a percent of aggregate hours worked. (3) Separated includes people who are married, spouse absent. (4) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (5) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Estimates for the race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Data are not seasonally adjusted. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: December 16, 2025