Workers able to work remotely by occupation U.S. 2022

In 2022, slightly more than half of workers in computer and mathematical occupations had the ability to telework. Comparatively, healthcare practitioners and healthcare occupations had a much lower rate of remote work ability at 1.7 percent.

Share of workers in the United States with the ability to work remotely in 2022, by occupational group

Characteristic	Share of workers with ability to work remotely
All workers	10.6%
Web developers	78.2%
Lawyers	61.6%
Computer and mathematical occupations	52.5%
Legal occupations	48.8%
Architecture and engineering occupations	30.5%
Graphic designers	30.1%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	25.2%
Civil engineers	24.4%
Customer service representatives	21.2%
Life, physical, and social science occupations	16.1%
Office and administrative support occupations	11%
Sales and related occupations	10.9%
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	1.7%

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Release date

November 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Jobs with no possibility of remote work or no data are not shown in this statistic. These occupations include chemists, pharmacists, paramedics, protective service occupations, firefighters, food preparation and serving related occupations, cooks, waiters and waitresses, dishwashers, cashiers, retail salespersons, hotel, motel and resort desk clerks, installation, maintenance, and repair occupations, and industrial machinery mechanics.

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