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, August 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	156,387	5.9	38.4	15.4	34,614	26.7	39.7	67.3
16 to 24 years	19,078	1.4	32.3	4.3	1,144	23.1	37.7	61.3
16 to 19 years	5,476	0.3	24.9	1.3	95	18.9	27.6	68.6
20 to 24 years	13,603	1.8	35.3	5.1	1,049	23.4	38.6	60.8
25 to 54 years	101,313	6.7	39.9	16.7	25,094	26.9	40.4	66.7
25 to 34 years	34,721	5.6	39.2	14.3	7,576	25.7	40.0	64.2
35 to 44 years	35,721	7.5	40.0	18.8	9,599	28.0	40.2	69.7
45 to 54 years	30,871	6.9	40.5	17.0	7,918	26.8	41.0	65.4
55 years and over	35,996	6.1	37.5	16.4	8,375	26.4	37.7	69.9
55 to 64 years	25,179	6.4	39.4	16.2	5,857	27.5	40.0	68.7
65 years and over	10,817	5.5	33.0	16.7	2,518	23.7	32.4	73.2
Men, 16 years and over	84,149	5.2	40.3	13.0	16,655	26.4	41.2	64.1
16 to 24 years	9,846	1.3	33.8	3.7	542	22.8	37.8	60.4
25 to 54 years	54,715	5.9	41.9	14.0	11,992	26.8	42.3	63.3
25 to 34 years	18,770	4.9	41.0	12.0	3,530	26.2	41.9	62.5
35 to 44 years	19,442	6.6	42.0	15.8	4,666	27.6	41.9	65.8
45 to 54 years	16,503	6.1	42.8	14.2	3,796	26.4	43.1	61.1
55 years and over	19,588	5.4	39.2	13.9	4,121	25.9	38.6	67.1
55 to 64 years	13,460	5.4	41.2	13.0	2,672	27.0	41.6	64.8
65 years and over	6,128	5.6	34.7	16.3	1,449	23.9	33.0	72.3
Women, 16 years and over	72,238	6.7	36.2	18.5	17,959	26.9	38.2	70.4
16 to 24 years	9,233	1.5	30.7	4.9	602	23.3	37.5	62.0
25 to 54 years	46,598	7.6	37.5	20.3	13,102	27.1	38.6	70.1
25 to 34 years	15,951	6.4	37.1	17.2	4,046	25.3	38.4	65.8
35 to 44 years	16,279	8.6	37.5	23.0	4,934	28.4	38.5	73.8
45 to 54 years	14,368	7.8	38.0	20.6	4,122	27.3	39.0	69.8
55 years and over	16,408	7.0	35.5	19.6	4,254	26.9	36.9	72.7
55 to 64 years	11,719	7.6	37.4	20.3	3,185	28.0	38.7	72.3
65 years and over	4,689	5.4	30.8	17.5	1,070	23.5	31.6	74.5
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	118,043	5.9	38.3	15.3	26,430	26.2	39.6	66.4
Men	64,476	5.3	40.4	13.0	12,995	26.1	41.4	63.0
Women	53,566	6.6	35.8	18.5	13,435	26.4	37.8	69.9
Black or African American	19,912	4.6	39.0	11.9	3,168	29.1	41.5	70.2
Men	9,827	3.5	40.4	8.7	1,187	29.3	42.9	68.2
Women	10,084	5.7	37.7	15.1	1,980	29.0	40.6	71.5
Asian	11,792	9.1	39.0	23.4	3,881	27.7	39.4	70.3
Men	6,264	8.7	40.2	21.7	2,009	27.2	40.1	67.7
Women	5,528	9.6	37.6	25.5	1,872	28.3	38.7	73.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	31,730	3.1	38.0	8.2	3,840	25.9	39.2	66.1
Men	17,918	2.4	39.8	6.1	1,753	25.0	41.2	60.5
Women	13,812	4.0	35.6	11.3	2,087	26.7	37.5	71.3
Disability status
With a disability	7,478	6.0	35.1	17.0	1,707	26.2	36.9	71.0
With no disability	148,909	5.9	38.6	15.3	32,907	26.7	39.8	67.1
Foreign born status
Foreign born	29,693	4.9	38.9	12.6	5,393	27.0	39.4	68.5
Native born	126,694	6.1	38.3	16.0	29,221	26.6	39.7	67.0
Marital status
Married, spouse present	80,446	7.2	39.5	18.2	21,775	26.6	39.6	67.1
Widowed, divorced, or separated(3)	21,540	5.8	38.6	15.1	4,443	28.3	39.6	71.5
Never married	54,402	4.0	36.7	10.9	8,396	26.0	39.8	65.5
Presence of children
With own children under 18	47,483	7.0	39.6	17.6	12,235	27.1	39.9	67.9
With no own children under 18	108,904	5.4	37.9	14.4	22,379	26.5	39.5	66.9
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	137,309	6.5	39.3	16.6	33,469	26.8	39.7	67.5
Less than a high school diploma	7,852	1.3	37.9	3.3	341	29.0	38.6	75.0
High school graduates, no college(4)	34,333	2.4	39.3	6.2	3,079	27.0	39.7	68.0
Some college or associate degree	33,156	5.2	39.3	13.2	6,195	27.7	39.4	70.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(5)	61,968	10.2	39.4	25.9	23,854	26.5	39.9	66.5
Bachelor's degree only	38,045	9.9	39.3	25.2	14,012	26.9	39.9	67.3
Advanced degree	23,923	10.7	39.5	27.1	9,842	26.0	39.7	65.4
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: September 05, 2025