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What percentage of American workers work from home?

13.8% of American workers work from home — about 14 in every 100, or 1 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

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13.8

Where this number comes from

Survey
American Community Survey
What it measured
American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “COMMUTING TO WORK → Workers 16 years and over → Worked from home”.
Population
U.S. workers aged 16 and over
Year
2023
90% confidence interval
13.7% to 13.9%

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