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, May 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	158,662	5.7	38.4	14.8	34,176	26.3	40.0	65.8
16 to 24 years	19,124	1.4	31.4	4.3	1,212	21.5	36.5	58.9
16 to 19 years	5,267	0.3	23.2	1.2	100	14.6	22.3	65.5
20 to 24 years	13,857	1.8	34.5	5.2	1,112	22.1	37.8	58.6
25 to 54 years	102,880	6.4	40.0	15.9	24,315	26.9	40.9	65.9
25 to 34 years	35,518	5.5	39.4	13.9	7,405	26.3	40.0	65.8
35 to 44 years	35,956	7.0	40.1	17.4	9,259	27.1	41.0	66.1
45 to 54 years	31,406	6.6	40.6	16.3	7,651	27.3	41.5	65.6
55 years and over	36,658	6.0	37.6	15.9	8,648	25.4	38.2	66.4
55 to 64 years	25,863	6.2	39.4	15.6	6,037	26.4	40.6	65.0
65 years and over	10,795	5.6	33.3	16.7	2,612	23.0	32.8	70.3
Men, 16 years and over	84,341	5.0	40.3	12.4	16,212	26.0	41.8	62.2
16 to 24 years	9,767	1.4	33.2	4.3	619	22.4	38.5	58.1
25 to 54 years	54,958	5.5	41.9	13.2	11,376	26.6	42.8	62.3
25 to 34 years	19,029	4.7	41.0	11.4	3,385	26.3	41.5	63.5
35 to 44 years	19,344	6.0	42.1	14.3	4,364	26.6	43.1	61.8
45 to 54 years	16,585	5.9	42.7	13.8	3,626	27.0	43.6	61.8
55 years and over	19,616	5.4	39.5	13.6	4,217	24.9	39.7	62.7
55 to 64 years	13,646	5.3	41.3	12.9	2,799	26.0	42.4	61.4
65 years and over	5,969	5.4	35.2	15.3	1,418	22.7	34.4	65.9
Women, 16 years and over	74,321	6.4	36.3	17.7	17,964	26.6	38.4	69.2
16 to 24 years	9,357	1.3	29.5	4.4	593	20.6	34.4	59.9
25 to 54 years	47,922	7.3	37.9	19.3	12,939	27.1	39.2	69.3
25 to 34 years	16,489	6.4	37.6	17.1	4,020	26.3	38.7	67.9
35 to 44 years	16,612	8.1	37.8	21.4	4,895	27.5	39.1	70.4
45 to 54 years	14,821	7.5	38.3	19.5	4,025	27.5	39.7	69.3
55 years and over	17,042	6.7	35.5	18.9	4,432	25.9	36.8	70.2
55 to 64 years	12,217	7.1	37.3	19.0	3,238	26.7	39.0	68.4
65 years and over	4,825	5.8	31.0	18.7	1,194	23.5	30.8	76.2
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	120,064	5.8	38.5	15.0	26,492	26.2	40.1	65.3
Men	64,753	5.1	40.5	12.7	12,734	26.1	41.9	62.2
Women	55,311	6.5	36.1	18.1	13,758	26.3	38.4	68.5
Black or African American	20,329	4.1	38.6	10.8	2,960	28.5	40.8	69.8
Men	9,908	3.1	40.0	7.7	1,089	27.9	43.1	64.8
Women	10,421	5.2	37.2	13.9	1,872	28.8	39.5	73.0
Asian	11,901	7.7	38.5	20.0	3,586	25.6	39.3	65.1
Men	6,292	7.4	40.1	18.4	1,891	24.6	40.6	60.6
Women	5,609	8.1	36.7	21.9	1,695	26.7	37.9	70.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	32,040	3.1	38.0	8.0	3,778	25.9	39.8	65.0
Men	17,941	2.4	39.8	6.1	1,680	26.0	41.7	62.3
Women	14,099	3.8	35.7	10.8	2,098	25.8	38.4	67.3
Disability status
With a disability	7,567	5.8	35.1	16.4	1,715	25.5	38.2	66.8
With no disability	151,095	5.7	38.6	14.7	32,461	26.4	40.1	65.7
Foreign born status
Foreign born	30,677	4.6	38.8	11.9	5,384	26.3	39.8	65.9
Native born	127,985	5.9	38.4	15.5	28,792	26.3	40.1	65.7
Marital status
Married, spouse present	81,131	6.9	39.7	17.4	21,338	26.3	40.2	65.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(3)	22,493	5.6	38.7	14.5	4,558	27.7	40.0	69.4
Never married	55,037	3.9	36.4	10.6	8,279	25.6	39.6	64.8
Presence of children
With own children under 18	49,348	6.6	39.9	16.5	12,241	26.5	40.7	65.1
With no own children under 18	109,314	5.3	37.8	13.9	21,934	26.2	39.6	66.2
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	139,537	6.3	39.4	15.9	32,964	26.5	40.2	66.0
Less than a high school diploma	8,570	0.9	38.0	2.3	297	25.1	40.1	62.7
High school graduates, no college(4)	34,069	2.6	39.4	6.6	2,978	29.6	40.4	73.3
Some college or associate degree	33,670	4.9	39.3	12.5	5,971	27.7	39.6	69.8
Bachelor's degree and higher(5)	63,228	9.7	39.6	24.4	23,717	25.8	40.3	64.2
Bachelor's degree only	38,507	9.5	39.6	24.0	13,720	26.6	40.4	66.0
Advanced degree	24,721	10.0	39.7	25.2	9,997	24.8	40.1	61.7
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: June 06, 2025