Home work: Telecommuting patterns around the US

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From 2000 to 2011, workers in the U.S. who reported they "usually" got the job done at home ticked up only incrementally, to 4.3 percent from 3.3 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Some pockets of industry have seen increases in the trend. Workers in the "management, business, science and arts" categories reported a 5.8 percent work-at-home rate in 2011. Unsurprisingly, technology workers seem to have the edge here. Geographically, many of the metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of remote workers are in the Western United States. Boulder (CO) had the highest rate at 11.4 percent.


Home work: Telecommuting patterns around the US