From 2017 to 2018, about 60 percent of those who worked in management, business, and financial operations could work from home in the United States. On the other hand, only three percent who worked in transportation and material moving occupations could work from home.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 24, 2019). Share of workers who could work from home in the United States in 2017-18, by occupation (as a share of total workers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122794/employees-who-could-work-from-home-occupation-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of workers who could work from home in the United States in 2017-18, by occupation (as a share of total workers)." Chart. September 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122794/employees-who-could-work-from-home-occupation-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2019). Share of workers who could work from home in the United States in 2017-18, by occupation (as a share of total workers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122794/employees-who-could-work-from-home-occupation-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of Workers Who Could Work from Home in The United States in 2017-18, by Occupation (as a Share of Total Workers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122794/employees-who-could-work-from-home-occupation-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Share of workers who could work from home in the United States in 2017-18, by occupation (as a share of total workers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122794/employees-who-could-work-from-home-occupation-us/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Share of workers who could work from home in the United States in 2017-18, by occupation (as a share of total workers) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122794/employees-who-could-work-from-home-occupation-us/