July 02, 2008 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Working at home in 2007

On the days that they worked in 2007, 20 percent of employed persons did some or all of their work at home.

Percent of employed persons who worked at home on an average day, by jobholding status (persons 15 years and over) and by educational attainment (persons 25 years and over), 2007
[Chart data—TXT]

Multiple jobholders were much more likely to work at home than were single jobholders—31 versus 18 percent.

On days that they worked, 35 percent of employed people age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher did some work at home compared with only 6 percent of those with less than a high school diploma.

The data in this report are from the American Time Use Survey. To learn more, see "American Time Use Survey—2007 Results," (HTML) (PDF) news release USDL 08-0859.

 

Related TED articles:

Happy 10th Birthday, TED!

The very first issue of The Editor's Desk (TED) was posted on September 28, 1998. TED was the first online-only publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For 10 years, BLS has been committed to posting a new TED article each business day, for a total of over 2,400 articles so far.

Find out more about the story of TED