From 2017 to 2018, around 7.96 million of those employed in the professional and business services industry in the United States worked from home. Education and health services had the most employees working from home at 8.82 million.
Number of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (in 1,000s)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 24, 2019). Number of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181372/us-number-employees-worked-from-home-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (in 1,000s)." Chart. September 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181372/us-number-employees-worked-from-home-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2019). Number of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181372/us-number-employees-worked-from-home-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Employees Who Worked from Home in The United States in 2017-18, by Industry (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181372/us-number-employees-worked-from-home-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181372/us-number-employees-worked-from-home-industry/ (last visited June 05, 2023)
Number of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181372/us-number-employees-worked-from-home-industry/