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, December 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	159,103	6.0	38.4	15.6	35,875	26.5	40.1	66.1
16 to 24 years	19,016	1.5	31.5	4.9	1,362	21.6	35.7	60.4
16 to 19 years	5,007	0.5	23.7	1.9	124	18.4	26.7	68.8
20 to 24 years	14,008	1.9	34.2	5.7	1,238	21.9	36.6	59.8
25 to 54 years	103,321	6.7	40.0	16.9	25,815	27.0	41.0	65.9
25 to 34 years	35,379	6.1	39.2	15.7	8,011	27.2	40.6	66.9
35 to 44 years	36,280	7.1	40.0	17.9	9,733	26.6	40.8	65.3
45 to 54 years	31,661	7.0	40.8	17.0	8,070	27.3	41.7	65.5
55 years and over	36,767	6.1	37.4	16.3	8,698	25.8	38.2	67.6
55 to 64 years	25,784	6.3	39.4	16.0	6,020	27.0	40.6	66.6
65 years and over	10,983	5.6	32.7	17.2	2,678	23.1	32.8	70.3
Men, 16 years and over	84,194	5.4	40.2	13.4	17,383	26.1	41.2	63.2
16 to 24 years	9,483	1.6	33.5	4.9	647	24.1	37.0	65.1
25 to 54 years	55,022	6.0	41.8	14.4	12,469	26.5	42.3	62.8
25 to 34 years	18,827	5.3	40.7	13.0	3,782	26.3	41.0	64.1
35 to 44 years	19,531	6.4	42.0	15.2	4,784	26.0	42.4	61.4
45 to 54 years	16,665	6.4	42.7	15.1	3,903	27.4	43.4	63.2
55 years and over	19,689	5.4	39.0	13.9	4,266	25.0	38.9	64.3
55 to 64 years	13,514	5.6	41.2	13.5	2,827	26.6	42.0	63.3
65 years and over	6,175	5.1	34.4	14.9	1,439	21.9	32.9	66.7
Women, 16 years and over	74,909	6.6	36.3	18.3	18,492	26.9	39.0	68.9
16 to 24 years	9,533	1.4	29.4	4.9	715	19.3	34.6	55.9
25 to 54 years	48,299	7.6	37.9	20.0	13,345	27.4	39.8	68.9
25 to 34 years	16,553	7.1	37.5	19.0	4,229	27.9	40.2	69.5
35 to 44 years	16,750	8.0	37.5	21.4	4,949	27.2	39.2	69.4
45 to 54 years	14,996	7.5	38.8	19.5	4,166	27.2	40.1	67.8
55 years and over	17,078	6.9	35.5	19.4	4,432	26.5	37.4	70.9
55 to 64 years	12,270	7.1	37.4	19.1	3,193	27.4	39.3	69.7
65 years and over	4,808	6.3	30.5	20.6	1,239	24.4	32.7	74.5
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	120,167	6.0	38.3	15.6	27,356	26.2	40.0	65.5
Men	64,465	5.4	40.3	13.3	13,405	25.8	41.3	62.6
Women	55,702	6.7	36.0	18.5	13,952	26.6	38.8	68.4
Black or African American	20,412	4.8	38.8	12.3	3,346	29.0	41.2	70.6
Men	9,939	3.5	40.0	8.8	1,262	27.7	42.3	65.4
Women	10,473	5.9	37.7	15.8	2,084	29.9	40.5	73.9
Asian	12,107	8.7	38.3	22.7	3,914	26.8	39.8	67.3
Men	6,420	9.2	39.7	23.2	2,192	27.0	41.1	65.6
Women	5,687	8.0	36.7	21.9	1,721	26.6	38.2	69.6
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	32,332	3.3	37.9	8.7	4,013	26.5	40.2	65.8
Men	17,981	2.3	39.6	5.8	1,670	24.9	41.8	59.7
Women	14,352	4.5	35.8	12.6	2,343	27.6	39.2	70.6
Disability status
With a disability	7,919	5.9	35.0	16.8	1,858	25.0	37.1	67.4
With no disability	151,184	6.0	38.5	15.5	34,017	26.6	40.3	66.0
Foreign born status
Foreign born	30,213	4.8	38.4	12.6	5,561	26.2	39.4	66.4
Native born	128,890	6.2	38.4	16.3	30,314	26.6	40.2	66.0
Marital status
Married, spouse present	81,216	7.2	39.5	18.1	22,257	26.1	40.0	65.4
Widowed, divorced, or separated(3)	21,971	5.7	38.8	14.7	4,570	27.5	40.4	68.0
Never married	55,916	4.4	36.5	11.9	9,047	26.9	40.3	66.8
Presence of children
With own children under 18	48,881	7.1	40.0	17.8	12,975	26.8	41.0	65.4
With no own children under 18	110,223	5.5	37.6	14.5	22,899	26.3	39.6	66.5
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	140,088	6.6	39.3	16.7	34,513	26.7	40.3	66.3
Less than a high school diploma	8,265	0.9	37.2	2.5	292	26.5	40.3	65.7
High school graduates, no college(4)	34,066	2.5	39.2	6.5	3,036	28.4	39.8	71.2
Some college or associate degree	33,982	5.3	39.2	13.7	6,421	28.3	39.9	70.9
Bachelor's degree and higher(5)	63,775	10.1	39.7	25.5	24,764	26.1	40.4	64.5
Bachelor's degree only	38,744	10.1	39.5	25.6	14,435	27.2	40.4	67.3
Advanced degree	25,030	10.1	40.0	25.3	10,329	24.6	40.5	60.6
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: January 09, 2026