62 Office Space Statistics

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These office space figures cover the measurement periods and populations identified in the available source material. Estimates, surveys and forecasts retain their reported scope.

Key Office Space Statistics

The main findings are:

  • U.S. office space recorded 8.1 million square feet of positive net absorption in Q4 2025 (United States office market).
  • GSA’s current design requirement is 150 usable square feet per person for office space (Current guidance, updated March 17, 2026; U.S. federal leased and public-building office space).
  • CBRE’s 2025 survey found 72% of 184 office-using companies had met their attendance goals (March–May 2025; Americas office-using companies).
  • The share of U.S. workers primarily working from home rose from 5.7% in 2019 to 17.9% in 2021 (2019–2021; United States excluding Puerto Rico).
  • Women accounted for 51.3% of home-based workers in 2021, compared with 46.1% of commuters (United States excluding Puerto Rico).
  • U.S. office deliveries fell 17% in 2025 to below 25 million square feet (United States office market).
  • Annual U.S. office net absorption turned marginally positive at 6.4 million square feet in 2025 (United States office market).
  • GSA occupancy reporting requires daily occupancy totals for the preceding 10 weekdays in each biweekly pay period (Federal agency office space).
  • The share of surveyed companies meeting attendance goals rose from 61% in 2024 to 72% in 2025 (2024–2025; Americas office-using companies).
  • The number of U.S. home-based workers rose from roughly 9 million in 2019 to about 27.6 million in 2021 (2019–2021; United States excluding Puerto Rico).
  • Workers aged 35–44 represented 24.7% of home-based workers in 2021 (United States excluding Puerto Rico).
  • Nearly 40 million square feet of U.S. office inventory was removed in 2025 for conversions or redevelopment (United States office market).
  • Total office availability fell by more than 60 million square feet over the six quarters after its 2024 Q2 peak (2024 Q2–2025 Q4; United States office market).
  • 69% of surveyed companies monitored office attendance in 2025 (March–May 2025; Americas office-using companies).
  • The total U.S. workforce fell from 156.9 million in 2019 to 154.3 million in 2021 (2019–2021; United States excluding Puerto Rico).

Contents

Office space statistics: U.S. market size, vacancy and occupied space

JLL market estimate; excludes no stated submarket adjustment.

JLL market estimate.

JLL availability measure; period is cumulative.

Office space utilization and square feet per person

Design standard, not observed average utilization; excludes public-facing areas and is not retroactive.

Reporting requirement, not a market occupancy rate.

Office attendance and hybrid-work statistics

Company survey; 184 respondents, not all employers or employees.

CBRE survey series; respondent composition may vary.

CBRE survey; self-reported company practice.

CBRE survey series.

Employer target, not employee attendance.

Company-reported average; not a direct employee time diary.

Expectation, not completed leasing.

Conditional subgroup result; denominator is companies citing expansion.

Stated intention, not executed renewals.

CBRE estimate for the surveyed market context.

Historical CBRE comparison, not a like-for-like survey count.

Amenity preference; multiple answers possible.

ACS usual commuting mode captures majority-of-week home work and misses less frequent remote work.

ACS definition of home-based worker.

ACS workforce comparison during pandemic labor-market disruption.

Historical ACS-based estimate cited in Census report; definition differs from some modern remote-work surveys.

Historical ACS-based estimate cited in Census report.

Household broadband access is an enabling condition, not a measure of office use.

ACS usual commuting mode.

Office space users: demographic and geographic patterns

ACS workers aged 16+; home-based means usual commute mode.

ACS workers aged 16+.

ACS workers aged 16+; age composition is not an office-occupancy measure.

ACS educational-attainment population excludes workers under 25.

ACS race category; Hispanic origin is measured separately.

ACS Hispanic-origin category can overlap race categories.

ACS geographic-mobility measure, not office location.

Office leasing, supply, rents and future office space forecasts

JLL market estimate.

JLL market estimate; removals affect inventory and absorption measures.

JLL tracked office projects.

Asking rents, not effective rents or transaction prices.

Asking rents, not effective rents.

JLL pipeline estimate.

JLL comparison across its recorded data series.

Forward-looking JLL forecast; actual results may differ materially.

Forward-looking JLL forecast.

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