These hybrid work statistics use different definitions. BLS measures paid work at home during a reference week or on surveyed workdays, while ONS defines hybrid work as combining travel to work with work at home.
Key Hybrid Work Statistics
The most useful findings span participation, schedule patterns, worker groups, geography, and time use:
- In Q1 2024, 35.452 million U.S. people age 16 and over teleworked or worked at home for pay, equal to 22.9% of people at work.
- In Q1 2024, 52.1% of U.S. teleworkers worked some but not all hours from home, the schedule pattern most aligned with hybrid work.
- U.S. teleworkers averaged 27.2 hours worked from home per week in Q1 2024, while telework represented 16.3% of all hours worked.
- In 2023, 35% of U.S. employed people did some or all work at home on days they worked, compared with 73% who worked at their workplace.
- The U.S. share working at home on workdays was 34% in 2022 and 24% in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
- In 2023, 52% of U.S. employed people age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher worked at home on workdays, versus 22% of high-school graduates with no college.
- In autumn 2024, 28% of Great Britain working adults were hybrid working under the ONS definition.
- The U.S. CPS telework rate rose from 19.6% in Q1 2023 to 22.9% in Q1 2024, an increase of 3.3 percentage points.
- U.S. teleworking or working at home for pay increased by 5.1 million people from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024, reaching 35.5 million.
- The monthly U.S. telework rate moved from 17.9% in October 2022 to 23.0% in March 2024.
- The share of U.S. teleworkers working some but not all hours at home rose from 45.6% in Q4 2022 to 52.1% in Q1 2024.
- Average weekly U.S. home-work hours among teleworkers fell from 29.3 hours in Q4 2022 to 27.2 hours in Q1 2024.
- In Q1 2024, 25.1% of U.S. workers aged 25 to 54 teleworked, compared with 24.4% of workers aged 55 and over.
- In Q1 2024, 24.9% of U.S. women and 21.1% of U.S. men teleworked or worked at home for pay.
- In Q1 2024, 32.8% of Asian U.S. workers teleworked, compared with 23.2% of White workers, 17.1% of Black workers, and 12.4% of Hispanic or Latino workers.
- In Q1 2024, 37.9% of U.S. management, professional and related workers teleworked, compared with 24.9% in sales and office occupations.
- The 2024 annual-average telework rate was 22.8% across all U.S. states, including 11.9% all-hours and 10.9% some-hours telework.
- The District of Columbia had a 56.8% annual-average telework rate in 2024, including 36.0% all-hours and 20.8% some-hours telework.
- Great Britain home workers saved an average of 56 minutes that day by not commuting in the ONS Time Use Survey.
- Great Britain respondents working from home spent 24 more minutes on sleep and rest than people working away from home on the respective day in March 2024.
Contents
- Key Hybrid Work Statistics
- How large is hybrid and telework participation?
- How hybrid work changed over time
- Who participates in hybrid work in the United States?
- Where hybrid work is concentrated across U.S. states
- How British workers use hybrid work time
How large is hybrid and telework participation?
- 35.452 million U.S. people age 16 and over teleworked or worked at home for pay in Q1 2024, equal to 22.9% of people at work. (Telework trends)
- In Q1 2024, 52.1% of U.S. teleworkers worked some but not all hours from home. BLS reports this as a partial-at-home category, not a separately labeled hybrid-work category. (Telework trends)
- U.S. teleworkers averaged 27.2 hours worked from home per week in Q1 2024, while telework represented 16.3% of all hours worked. (Telework trends)
- In 2023, 35% of U.S. employed people did some or all work at home on days they worked, compared with 73% who did some or all work at their workplace. ATUS measures surveyed workdays, not a worker’s complete weekly schedule. (35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home on days they worked in 2023)
- The share working at home on workdays was 34% in 2022 and 24% in 2019. These are ATUS annual estimates rather than employer-policy measures. (35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home on days they worked in 2023)
- Among U.S. employed people age 25 and over, 52% of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher worked at home on workdays in 2023, versus 22% of high-school graduates with no college. (35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home on days they worked in 2023)
- In Great Britain, 28% of working adults were hybrid working from 2-27 October 2024, meaning part travelling to work and part working at home. (Who are the hybrid workers?)
- Among Great Britain workers surveyed from 10 April to 30 June 2024, 29% of those aged 30 or older were hybrid workers, compared with 19% of workers aged 16 to 29. (Who are the hybrid workers?)
How hybrid work changed over time
| U.S. measure | Earlier period | Later period |
|---|---|---|
| CPS telework rate | 19.6% (Q1 2023) | 22.9% (Q1 2024) |
| Teleworkers working all hours at home | 54.4% (Q4 2022) | 47.9% (Q1 2024) |
| Teleworkers working some hours at home | 45.6% (Q4 2022) | 52.1% (Q1 2024) |
| Average home-work hours | 29.3 (Q4 2022) | 27.2 (Q1 2024) |
Source for all rows: Telework trends. The CPS reference-week measure excludes people absent from work all week.
- The number of U.S. people teleworking or working at home for pay increased by 5.1 million from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024, reaching 35.5 million. (Telework trends)
- The monthly U.S. telework rate moved from 17.9% in October 2022 to 23.0% in March 2024; the series is not seasonally adjusted. (Telework trends)
- The share working 40 or more hours from home fell from 42.8% in Q1 2023 to 36.7% in Q1 2024. (Telework trends)
- The share working up to 8 hours from home rose from 12.0% to 15.2% between Q1 2023 and Q1 2024. (Telework trends)
- The share working 9 to 16 hours from home rose from 14.8% to 18.1% over the same period. (Telework trends)
- Telework hours as a share of all hours worked increased from 15.0% in Q1 2023 to 16.3% in Q1 2024, even as average home-work hours fell. (Telework trends)
Who participates in hybrid work in the United States?
| U.S. worker group | Q1 2024 telework rate |
|---|---|
| Age 25-54 | 25.1% |
| Age 55 and over | 24.4% |
| Age 16-24 | 7.9% |
| Women | 24.9% |
| Men | 21.1% |
Source: Telework trends. Rates cover people employed and at work during the reference week.
- Q1 2024 telework rates were 32.8% for Asian workers, 23.2% for White workers, 17.1% for Black workers, and 12.4% for Hispanic or Latino workers. (Telework trends)
- Workers with a disability had a 24.4% rate, versus 22.8% for workers without a disability. (Telework trends)
- Among workers age 25 and over, the rate was 43.6% for advanced-degree holders and 38.4% for bachelor’s-degree-only holders. (Telework trends)
- The rate was 18.3% for people with some college or an associate degree, 8.5% for high-school graduates with no college, and 3.5% for people with less than a high-school diploma. (Telework trends)
- Full-time workers had a 24.5% rate, compared with 15.1% for part-time workers. BLS defines full time as 35 or more usual weekly hours. (Telework trends)
- Management, professional and related occupations had a 37.9% rate, compared with 24.9% in sales and office occupations. (Telework trends)
- Service occupations had a 5.4% rate, while production, transportation and material-moving occupations had a 3.2% rate. (Telework trends)
Where hybrid work is concentrated across U.S. states
| Location | Total telework | All hours | Some hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| All U.S. states | 22.8% | 11.9% | 10.9% |
| District of Columbia | 56.8% | 36.0% | 20.8% |
| Colorado | 32.4% | 16.6% | 15.7% |
| Arizona | 27.5% | 12.6% | 14.9% |
| California | 25.5% | 14.1% | 11.4% |
| Connecticut | 25.2% | 16.2% | 9.0% |
| Florida | 19.0% | 7.7% | 11.3% |
| Alabama | 10.7% | 4.4% | 6.3% |
Source: States: Persons at work by telework status, 2024 annual averages. Some-hours telework is a useful but imperfect hybrid-work proxy and does not show office-day frequency.
How British workers use hybrid work time
- Great Britain home workers saved an average of 56 minutes that day by not commuting in the 2024 Time Use Survey. This is a day-level comparison, not a yearly cash-cost saving. (Who are the hybrid workers?)
- In March 2024, people working from home spent 24 more minutes on sleep and rest than people working away from home on the respective day. (Who are the hybrid workers?)
- They also spent 15 more minutes on exercise, sports and well-being. The comparison is descriptive and does not establish a causal health or productivity effect. (Who are the hybrid workers?)
- Working parents were more likely to hybrid work than non-parents, at 35% versus 24% in April-June 2024. ONS does not cover other unpaid care responsibilities in this comparison. (Who are the hybrid workers?)
- Among working parents, 41% of men and 30% of women hybrid worked in April-June 2024. The subgroup comparison does not adjust for occupation, industry, or working hours. (Who are the hybrid workers?)
- ONS reported 10 fewer minutes working on average for people working from home in its comparison, but said the estimate was not precise enough to distinguish chance from a real difference. (Who are the hybrid workers?)