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, September 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	158,996	5.9	38.6	15.4	35,426	26.7	40.3	66.3
16 to 24 years	18,992	1.4	31.2	4.5	1,325	20.1	34.4	58.4
16 to 19 years	5,225	0.4	23.1	1.6	108	18.3	22.5	81.2
20 to 24 years	13,767	1.8	34.3	5.2	1,217	20.3	35.5	57.1
25 to 54 years	103,191	6.7	40.3	16.7	25,519	27.1	41.2	65.8
25 to 34 years	34,881	5.7	39.4	14.3	7,504	26.3	40.2	65.4
35 to 44 years	36,502	7.3	40.4	18.2	9,729	27.5	40.9	67.2
45 to 54 years	31,808	7.1	41.1	17.4	8,286	27.4	42.4	64.7
55 years and over	36,814	6.2	37.8	16.3	8,582	26.5	38.4	68.9
55 to 64 years	25,654	6.6	39.6	16.7	6,114	27.8	40.8	68.1
65 years and over	11,160	5.2	33.5	15.4	2,468	23.3	32.7	71.3
Men, 16 years and over	84,636	5.3	40.5	13.2	16,904	26.7	41.7	64.0
16 to 24 years	9,655	1.2	33.1	3.7	600	19.8	35.0	56.6
25 to 54 years	55,229	5.9	42.1	14.1	12,079	27.2	42.9	63.4
25 to 34 years	18,774	5.0	41.1	12.3	3,534	26.8	42.1	63.6
35 to 44 years	19,663	6.4	42.2	15.2	4,594	27.4	42.5	64.4
45 to 54 years	16,792	6.4	43.0	15.0	3,951	27.4	44.0	62.2
55 years and over	19,752	5.6	39.7	14.2	4,225	26.3	39.4	66.7
55 to 64 years	13,510	5.8	41.6	14.0	2,830	27.7	42.5	65.2
65 years and over	6,243	5.2	35.5	14.7	1,395	23.4	33.2	70.5
Women, 16 years and over	74,360	6.6	36.5	18.2	18,523	26.7	38.9	68.6
16 to 24 years	9,337	1.6	29.3	5.4	725	20.3	34.0	59.9
25 to 54 years	47,962	7.6	38.2	19.9	13,440	27.0	39.7	68.2
25 to 34 years	16,107	6.4	37.4	17.0	3,970	25.8	38.5	67.1
35 to 44 years	16,839	8.4	38.2	22.0	5,135	27.6	39.5	69.9
45 to 54 years	15,016	7.9	38.9	20.4	4,335	27.5	41.0	67.1
55 years and over	17,061	6.8	35.6	19.1	4,358	26.6	37.5	71.1
55 to 64 years	12,144	7.5	37.5	20.1	3,284	27.8	39.3	70.8
65 years and over	4,918	5.1	30.9	16.3	1,074	23.1	32.0	72.4
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	120,197	6.0	38.5	15.6	27,345	26.4	40.3	65.5
Men	65,017	5.4	40.6	13.4	13,316	26.5	41.9	63.1
Women	55,180	6.7	36.1	18.5	14,030	26.3	38.7	68.0
Black or African American	20,292	4.7	39.1	11.9	3,237	29.2	41.9	69.5
Men	9,880	3.5	40.5	8.7	1,201	29.1	42.2	68.9
Women	10,412	5.7	37.8	15.1	2,036	29.2	41.8	69.9
Asian	11,884	8.4	38.7	21.7	3,705	27.0	39.1	69.1
Men	6,156	8.3	40.2	20.6	1,910	26.7	40.4	66.1
Women	5,728	8.6	37.1	23.1	1,795	27.4	37.7	72.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	32,144	3.1	38.1	8.1	3,869	25.7	39.1	65.9
Men	18,047	2.4	40.0	5.9	1,704	25.0	41.3	60.6
Women	14,096	4.0	35.8	11.3	2,165	26.3	37.3	70.5
Disability status
With a disability	7,578	6.3	35.2	18.0	1,826	26.3	37.6	70.0
With no disability	151,419	5.9	38.8	15.3	33,600	26.7	40.4	66.1
Foreign born status
Foreign born	29,974	5.0	38.9	12.9	5,591	26.9	39.8	67.6
Native born	129,023	6.2	38.5	16.0	29,835	26.7	40.4	66.0
Marital status
Married, spouse present	81,917	7.3	39.8	18.4	22,463	26.7	40.4	66.2
Widowed, divorced, or separated(3)	21,873	5.8	38.8	14.8	4,570	27.5	40.2	68.4
Never married	55,206	4.0	36.8	10.8	8,393	26.2	40.1	65.4
Presence of children
With own children under 18	48,863	7.4	40.2	18.3	13,246	27.2	41.1	66.2
With no own children under 18	110,134	5.3	37.9	14.0	22,180	26.4	39.8	66.4
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	140,005	6.6	39.6	16.6	34,101	27.0	40.5	66.6
Less than a high school diploma	8,254	1.3	38.1	3.3	402	25.9	39.6	65.3
High school graduates, no college(4)	33,898	2.6	39.3	6.5	3,133	27.8	40.1	69.4
Some college or associate degree	34,296	5.0	39.6	12.6	6,157	27.9	40.2	69.4
Bachelor's degree and higher(5)	63,558	10.2	39.9	25.6	24,409	26.6	40.6	65.5
Bachelor's degree only	38,556	10.1	39.7	25.5	14,102	27.7	40.6	68.2
Advanced degree	25,002	10.4	40.4	25.7	10,307	25.2	40.7	61.9
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) 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: November 20, 2025