Remote Work Statistics 2026
This page collects figures on how much work is done from home, how hybrid and fully remote arrangements compare, which industries and workers telework most, how remote work differs across the US, Great Britain, Canada and Australia, what return-to-office policies employers have set, what research says about productivity and retention, and how distributed teams use collaboration tools. Most figures describe 2025 and 2026. Sources include the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US Census Bureau, the Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes run by WFH Research, Gallup, Pew Research Center, the UK Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Flex Index, CBRE, Indeed Hiring Lab, Cisco, the Federal Reserve Board, a peer-reviewed study in Nature, Microsoft, Atlassian and Robert Half. Each figure states its scope and year.
By the TopToolAdvisor research desk · Updated November 6, 2026 · 52 figures from 27 sources
Quick answer
About 27% of full paid workdays in the US were worked from home in October 2026 (WFH Research SWAA), and 35% of employed Americans did some work at home on days they worked in 2025 (BLS American Time Use Survey). Among US employees with remote-capable jobs, Gallup counted 54% hybrid, 25% fully remote and 21% on site in August 2026, while only 12% of all full-time employees were fully remote. Employers are tightening rules rather than ending hybrid work: Flex Index found the average required office week rose to 2.87 days in 2025, and a randomized trial in Nature found two home days a week cut quit rates by one-third with no loss of performance.
Key figures
- 27%About 27% of full paid workdays in the US were worked from home in October 2026, based on the monthly Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes of workers aged 20 to 64.WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes)
- 35%In 2025, 35% of employed people in the US did some or all of their work at home on days they worked, according to the BLS American Time Use Survey.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- 54%As of August 2026, 54% of US employees with remote-capable jobs worked hybrid, 25% worked exclusively remote and 21% worked on site, according to Gallup.Gallup
- 12%Between November 2025 and October 2026, 12% of US full-time wage and salary employees were fully remote, 26% were hybrid and 62% were fully on site, per the SWAA.WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes)
- 65.4%In 2025, 65.4% of US workers in computer and mathematical occupations teleworked or worked at home for pay, the highest rate of any occupation group in BLS data.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- 28%28% of working adults in Great Britain worked hybrid between 8 January and 30 March 2025, the highest share since the ONS began tracking the measure, per the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey.Office for National Statistics
- 2.87 daysThe average US firm required 2.87 office days per week in the Q3 2025 Flex Report, up 12% in a year from 2.57 days.Flex Index
- 33%In a six-month randomized trial of 1,612 employees at Trip.com in 2021 to 2022, two days a week of working from home cut attrition by one-third (33%), per Bloom, Han and Liang in Nature.Nature (Bloom, Han and Liang)
What the figures show
The size of remote work in the US depends on the yardstick. The BLS American Time Use Survey found 35% of employed people did some work at home on days they worked in 2025, the Current Population Survey put the weekly telework rate at 22.6% in March 2026, the SWAA measured 27% of full paid days at home in October 2026, and the Census Bureau's American Community Survey counted 12.9% of workers who usually work from home in 2025. These are not in conflict: occasional home work is common, while home-based work every day is limited to about one worker in eight. The Census series shows the share fell from its 2021 peak and has been close to flat since 2023.
Hybrid is the dominant arrangement for people whose jobs allow it. Gallup found 54% of remote-capable US employees were hybrid in August 2026 and 61% prefer it, and Pew found 75% of workers with teleworkable jobs worked remotely at least some of the time in late 2024. Hybrid weeks have filled in, though: Gallup measured hybrid workers spending 46% of the week in the office in 2025, and Flex Index found the average required office week at large and small firms rose to 2.87 days in 2025. Structured hybrid, with fixed office days, reached 43% of US firms by mid-2025.
Remote work follows the type of job. BLS data for 2025 show telework rates of 65.4% in computer and mathematical occupations and close to 59% in finance and insurance and professional and technical services, but 10.2% in construction and 1.5% in food service. Education and pay shape access in every country with data: the ONS found 41% of degree holders in Great Britain worked hybrid compared with 4% of those without qualifications, and the ABS found 59% of Australian managers and professionals usually worked from home compared with 21% of other workers.
On outcomes, the best causal evidence comes from the Trip.com randomized trial published in Nature, where two home days a week cut attrition by one-third with no measured loss of performance. BLS and Federal Reserve industry studies find remote work associated with faster productivity growth, though these are correlations. Employers are still pushing attendance up, with CBRE finding 69% of large occupiers now monitor attendance, while workers resist: Pew found 46% of remote-capable workers would be unlikely to stay if remote work ended, and Cisco found 77% of employees see rigid mandates as a sign of low trust.
How much work happens at home in the United States
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In 2025, 35% of employed people in the US did some or all of their work at home on days they worked, according to the BLS American Time Use Survey.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey: 2025 Results (Jun 2026)
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On days they worked, 35 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at home and 70 percent of employed people did some or all of their work at their workplace.
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About 27% of full paid workdays in the US were worked from home in October 2026, based on the monthly Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes of workers aged 20 to 64.
WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes), SWAA November 2026 Updates (Nov 2026)
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About 27% of Paid Days in the US in October 2026 Were Work-From-Home Days
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In March 2026, 22.6% of US workers teleworked or worked at home for pay during the survey week, according to Current Population Survey data reported by BLS.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 22.6 percent of workers teleworked in March 2026 (Apr 2026)
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In March 2026, 22.6 percent of workers teleworked or worked at home for pay.
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The American Community Survey found that 12.9% of US workers usually worked from home in 2025, down from 13.3% in 2024.
U.S. Census Bureau, United States Commuting At A Glance: American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (Sep 2026)
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The percentage of workers who worked from home in 2025 was 12.9 percent, lower than 13.3 percent in 2024.
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The number of people in the US who usually worked from home rose from about 9 million in 2019 to more than 22 million in 2023, per Census Bureau ACS data.
U.S. Census Bureau, New U.S. Census Bureau Data Show Detailed Characteristics of Home-Based Workers (Jan 2025)
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In 2019, around 9 million people worked from home in the United States. By 2023, that number had soared to more than 22 million .
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US workers who worked at home on an average day in 2025 spent 5.10 hours of work there, according to ATUS annual averages.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 6. Employed persons working at home, workplace, and time spent working at each location, 2025 annual averages (Jun 2026)
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Total, 15 years and over ( 3 ) 167,443 109,667 65.5 7.66 76,594 69.8 7.87 37,837 34.5 5.10
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Employed women in the US were more likely than men to work at home on days they worked in 2025: 38% compared with 31%, per ATUS.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey: 2025 Results (Jun 2026)
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Employed women (38 percent) were more likely to work at home than employed men (31 percent).
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US workers with a four-year college degree worked 31.3% of their full paid days from home in 2026 to date, down from 54.5% in 2020, per the SWAA.
WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes), SWAA November 2026 Updates (Nov 2026)
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4-Year College Degree 54.5 40.0 37.2 34.8 33.8 33.2 31.3
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Share of US workers who usually work from home, 2019 to 2023
American Community Survey 1-year estimates, workers age 16 and over; 2020 estimates were not released in standard form.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New U.S. Census Bureau Data Show Detailed Characteristics of Home-Based Workers
Hybrid vs fully remote work
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As of August 2026, 54% of US employees with remote-capable jobs worked hybrid, 25% worked exclusively remote and 21% worked on site, according to Gallup.
Gallup, Indicator: Hybrid Work (Sep 2026)
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As of August 2026, 54% of U.S. employees work in a hybrid arrangement, 25% work exclusively remote and 21% work on-site.
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When asked in November 2025, 61% of US remote-capable employees said they prefer hybrid work, 33% prefer fully remote and 6% prefer on-site work, per Gallup.
Gallup, Indicator: Hybrid Work (Sep 2026)
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When asked in November 2025 what their preferred work location would be, 61% of remote-capable employees prefer hybrid, 33% exclusively remote and said 6% said on-site work.
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US hybrid workers spent 46% of their workweek in the office in 2025, the equivalent of 2.3 days, up from 42% in 2022, per Gallup.
Gallup, Hybrid Work in Retreat? Barely. (Sep 2025)
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Gallup’s analysis finds that hybrid workers now spend 46% of their workweek in the office, or the equivalent of 2.3 days.
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Between November 2025 and October 2026, 12% of US full-time wage and salary employees were fully remote, 26% were hybrid and 62% were fully on site, per the SWAA.
WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes), SWAA November 2026 Updates (Nov 2026)
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In the Past Year: 12% of Full-Time Employees Were Fully Remote, 62% Were Full-Time on Site, and 26% Were in a Hybrid Arrangement
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In an October 2024 Pew Research Center survey, 75% of US employed adults with jobs that can be done from home worked remotely at least some of the time.
Pew Research Center, Remote workers’ views of returning to office | Pew Research Center (Jan 2025)
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Among employed adults who have a job that can be done from home, 75% are working remotely at least some of the time, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.
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As of October 2024, 32% of US workers with teleworkable jobs said they worked from home all the time, down from 55% in October 2020, per Pew Research Center.
Pew Research Center, How COVID-19 changed US workplaces: Looking back 5 years later | Pew Research Center (Feb 2025)
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By October 2020, 55% of those with teleworkable jobs were doing so, according to a survey at that time. That share has since come down. As of October 2024, about a third (32%) say they are working from home all the time.
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About 63% of US workers who worked from home every day in the survey week in October 2026 still went to an employer or client site at least once in the past month, per the SWAA.
WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes), SWAA November 2026 Updates (Nov 2026)
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About 63% of Employed Persons Who WFH All Days the Previous Week Worked Onsite 1+ Times In the Past Month
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Where US remote-capable employees work, August 2026
Gallup Panel, US employees with remote-capable jobs, August 2026.
- Hybrid54%
- Exclusively remote25%
- On-site21%
Source: Gallup, Indicator: Hybrid Work
Remote work by industry, occupation and worker group
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In 2025, 65.4% of US workers in computer and mathematical occupations teleworked or worked at home for pay, the highest rate of any occupation group in BLS data.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 60. People at work by telework status, usual full- or part-time status, occupation, industry, and class of worker, 2025 annual averages (Jan 2026)
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Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,540 4,274 1,911 2,363 2,266 100.0 65.4
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Only 1.5% of US workers in food preparation and serving jobs teleworked in 2025, per BLS annual averages.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 60. People at work by telework status, usual full- or part-time status, occupation, industry, and class of worker, 2025 annual averages (Jan 2026)
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Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,005 120 85 35 7,885 100.0 1.5
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In US construction, 10.2% of workers teleworked or worked at home for pay in 2025, per BLS.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 60. People at work by telework status, usual full- or part-time status, occupation, industry, and class of worker, 2025 annual averages (Jan 2026)
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Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,710 1,195 764 432 10,515 100.0 10.2
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In the US tech sector in 2025, remote-capable employees were as likely to be fully remote (47%) as hybrid (45%), and just 9% were fully on site, per Gallup.
Gallup, Hybrid Work in Retreat? Barely. (Sep 2025)
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In the tech sector, remote-capable employees are equally likely to be fully remote (47%) as they are to be hybrid (45%).
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In Great Britain, 41% of workers with a degree or equivalent worked hybrid in early 2025, compared with 4% of those with no qualifications, per the ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey.
Office for National Statistics, Who has access to hybrid working in Great Britain? (Jun 2025)
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Workers with a "degree or equivalent" were 10 times more likely to hybrid work than those with no qualifications (41%, compared with 4%, respectively).
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45% of workers in Great Britain earning £50,000 or more worked hybrid in January to March 2025, compared with 8% of those earning under £20,000, per the ONS.
Office for National Statistics, Who has access to hybrid working in Great Britain? (Jun 2025)
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Almost half (45%) of workers with an income of £50,000 or more hybrid worked, compared with only 8% of those with an income of under £20,000 between January and March 2025.
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In Australia in August 2025, 59% of managers and professionals usually worked from home, compared with 21% in all other occupations, per the ABS.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Working arrangements, August 2025 | Australian Bureau of Statistics (Dec 2025)
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In August 2025, 59% of managers and professionals usually worked form home, compared with 21% for all other occupations.
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Telework rate in the highest-telework US industries, 2025
Current Population Survey 2025 annual averages; share of people at work who teleworked or worked at home for pay any hours in the survey week.
- Finance and insurance58.9%
- Professional and technical services58.4%
- Financial activities53.4%
- Information48.4%
- Professional and business services44.9%
- Real estate and rental and leasing39.4%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 60. People at work by telework status, usual full- or part-time status, occupation, industry, and class of worker, 2025 annual averages
Remote work outside the United States
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28% of working adults in Great Britain worked hybrid between 8 January and 30 March 2025, the highest share since the ONS began tracking the measure, per the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey.
Office for National Statistics, Who has access to hybrid working in Great Britain? (Jun 2025)
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More than a quarter of workers in Great Britain (28%) were hybrid workers between 8 January and 30 March 2025.
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In Canada, 11.4% of employed people worked exclusively from home in May 2026, down from 12.4% in May 2025 and 18.7% in May 2022, per the Labour Force Survey.
Statistics Canada, The Daily — Labour Force Survey, May 2026 (Jun 2026)
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In contrast, the proportion of employed Canadians working exclusively from home in May 2026 (11.4%), was down 1.0 percentage points from the same month in 2025 (12.4%) and down 7.3 percentage points from May 2022 (18.7%).
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About 9.8% of Canadian workers had a hybrid arrangement in May 2026, per Statistics Canada.
Statistics Canada, The Daily — Labour Force Survey, May 2026 (Jun 2026)
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About 1 in 10 (9.8%) workers had a hybrid work arrangement in May 2026, in which they worked some hours at home and some hours at locations other than home.
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In August 2025, 36% of employed people in Australia usually worked from home, per the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Working arrangements, August 2025 | Australian Bureau of Statistics (Dec 2025)
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In August 2025, 36% of employed people usually worked from home.
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Working from home in Australia peaked at 40% of employed people in August 2021, per the ABS.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Working arrangements, August 2025 | Australian Bureau of Statistics (Dec 2025)
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In August 2021, working from home had increased to 40%.
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The share of Indeed job postings mentioning remote or hybrid work fell in France from 12.4% to 10.9% between March and October 2025, with similar declines in Australia and Germany.
Indeed Hiring Lab, What Workers Expect When They’re Expecting Better Work: Findings From the 2025 Indeed Workforce Insights Survey (Jan 2026)
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Recent declines are evident in France (12.4% to 10.9% between March and October 2025), Australia (13.9% in January 2025 to 12%), and Germany (15.7% in March 2024 to 14.1%). The US continues to lag most countries, with remote shares below 10% since 2022.
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Among 21,513 employers and employees surveyed in 21 markets, the share with hybrid arrangements fell from 62% in 2022 to 45% in 2025, per Cisco's global hybrid work study.
Cisco, Cisco Global Hybrid Work Study 2025: Navigating Hybrid Work Strategies in the Evolving Workplaces (Jun 2025)
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Our survey, which follows Cisco’s inaugural global hybrid work study in 2022, Employees are ready for the future of hybrid work, are you?, reveals a clear, global trend toward increased in-office work, with the percentage of respondents with hybrid work arrangements decreasing from 62% in 2022 to 45% in 2025.
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Canadians working exclusively from home, May of each year
Labour Force Survey, employed people in Canada.
- May 202218.7%
- May 202512.4%
- May 202611.4%
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily — Labour Force Survey, May 2026
Employer return-to-office policies
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The average US firm required 2.87 office days per week in the Q3 2025 Flex Report, up 12% in a year from 2.57 days.
Flex Index, Hot off the Press: the Q3 Flex Report - by Brian Elliott (Aug 2025)
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While required office days have increased by 12% in the last year (from 2.57 to 2.87 days), actual days worked from home have moved up 1-3%.
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66% of US firms tracked by Flex Index offered location flexibility in Q3 2025, while 34% required full-time office presence.
Flex Index, Hot off the Press: the Q3 Flex Report - by Brian Elliott (Aug 2025)
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Two-thirds of U.S. firms (66%) continue offering location flexibility. Only 34% require full-time office presence – a 2-point increase from Q1 of 2024.
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71% of Fortune 100 companies kept flexible policies in Q3 2025, but 45% required four or five office days, per Flex Index.
Flex Index, Hot off the Press: the Q3 Flex Report - by Brian Elliott (Aug 2025)
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71% of Fortune 100 firms remain flexible, with 3-day hybrid as the most common policy (35%) with 29% requiring Full Time in Office. But 45% now require either 4 or 5 days in office, meaning nearly half of Fortune 100 workers are in the office almost daily.
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Structured hybrid, with a set number of office days, was the most common US work policy in Q2 2025 at 43% of firms, up from 20% in Q1 2023, per Flex Index.
Flex Index, Is Everybody Headed Back to the Office? - Flex Index (May 2025)
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Structured Hybrid has become America's preferred work model, with 43% of US firms adopting this approach—up significantly from 36% in Q2 2024 and just 20% in Q1 2023.
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Companies surveyed by CBRE in the Americas in 2025 wanted employees in the office 3.2 days per week on average, and actual attendance was 2.9 days.
CBRE, Employees and Employers Closer to Being on the Same Page About In-Office Work Than Any Time Since Before Pandemic (Aug 2025)
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Surveyed companies reported that they want employees in the office an average of 3.2 days per week. Actual attendance is close to that at 2.9 days a week.
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69% of companies in CBRE's 2025 Americas occupier survey monitored office attendance, up from 45% a year earlier, and 37% enforced attendance policies.
CBRE, Employees and Employers Closer to Being on the Same Page About In-Office Work Than Any Time Since Before Pandemic (Aug 2025)
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The share of companies monitoring attendance jumped to 69% this year from 45% last year, and those enforcing attendance policies rose to 37% from 17%.
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Among US remote-capable workers who were not fully remote in October 2024, 75% said their employer had in-person work requirements, up from 63% in early 2023, per Pew Research Center.
Pew Research Center, Remote workers’ views of returning to office | Pew Research Center (Jan 2025)
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Among those who aren’t currently working from home all the time, 75% say their employer has put these in-person work requirements in place, up from 63% in early 2023 .
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36% of US employers said they increased the number of required on-site days over the past year, per Robert Half research published in 2026.
Robert Half, Remote work statistics and trends for 2026 (Oct 2026)
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In addition, 36% of employers report increasing the number of days employees are required to work on-site over the past year.
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Only 28% of US federal government employees worked hybrid in Q2 2025, down from 61% in late 2024 after the federal return-to-office order, per Gallup.
Gallup, Hybrid Work in Retreat? Barely. (Sep 2025)
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As a result, the number of federal employees working in a flexible hybrid work model plummeted from 61% in late 2024 to 28% in the latest data from Q2 of this year.
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In 2025, 85% of UK job postings on Indeed that mention a hybrid schedule required at least two office days a week, up from 65% in 2022.
Indeed Hiring Lab, Hybrid Work Tightens: 2-3 Days a Week in the Office Has Become the Norm (Sep 2025)
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Employers have become stricter about hybrid work, with 85% of UK job postings that mention a hybrid schedule requiring at least two days a week in the office compared with 65% in 2022.
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US firms with a structured hybrid policy
Flex Index policy data on US companies; structured hybrid means a set number of required office days.
- Q1 202320%
- Q2 202436%
- Q2 202543%
Source: Flex Index, Is Everybody Headed Back to the Office? - Flex Index
Productivity, retention and worker attitudes
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In a six-month randomized trial of 1,612 employees at Trip.com in 2021 to 2022, two days a week of working from home cut attrition by one-third (33%), per Bloom, Han and Liang in Nature.
Nature (Bloom, Han and Liang), Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance (Jun 2024)
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The net effect was to reduce attrition over the experiment by 2.4%, which against the control-group base of 7.2% was a one-third (33%) reduction in attrition (mean control = 7.20, mean treat = 4.80, t (1610) = 2.02, P = 0.043).
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Each quit cost Trip.com about $20,000 in recruitment and training, which is why the firm valued the lower attrition from hybrid work, per the Nature study.
Nature (Bloom, Han and Liang), Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance (Jun 2024)
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Their logic was that each quit cost the company approximately US$20,000 in recruitment and training, so a one-third reduction in attrition for the firm would generate millions of dollars in savings.
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Across 61 US industries from 2019 to 2021, each 1 percentage-point rise in the share of remote workers was associated with a 0.08 percentage-point increase in total factor productivity growth, per BLS.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Productivity and Remote Work (Mar 2025)
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The fitted line shows the output-weighted average relationship between the two measures: a one percentage-point increase in the percentage of remote workers is associated with a 0.08 percentage-point increase in TFP growth.
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A Federal Reserve analysis found that expanding the share of remote-ready jobs in an industry by about 20% raises labor productivity by 20% of a standard deviation after three years.
Federal Reserve Board, Decoding the Productivity Puzzle: A New Perspective on the Relationship between Remote Work and Productivity (Aug 2025)
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Thinking about magnitudes, the coefficient estimates imply that an increase in remote ability of one standard deviation—or approximately an expansion in the share of remote-ready employment by 20 percent—raises labor productivity by 20 percent of a standard deviation after three years and multifactor productivity by a similar amount after six years.
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46% of US remote-capable workers who work from home at least some of the time said they would be unlikely to stay at their job if their employer no longer allowed it, per Pew Research Center (October 2024).
Pew Research Center, Remote workers’ views of returning to office | Pew Research Center (Jan 2025)
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Nearly half of workers in this group (46%) say that if their employer no longer allowed them to work from home, they would be unlikely to stay at their current job.
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In Cisco's 2025 global survey, 77% of employees said rigid return-to-office mandates were driven by a lack of trust, and only 39% agreed that mandated office days boost productivity.
Cisco, Hybrid work 2025: How leaders can get it right (Jun 2025)
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From the employee perspective, 77% believed that rigid return-to-office mandates were driven by a lack of trust. And only 39% of employees agreed that those mandated office days boost productivity.
Collaboration tools and the distributed workday
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The average Microsoft 365 user received 153 Teams messages per weekday in 2025, according to Microsoft Work Trend Index telemetry.
Microsoft, Breaking down the infinite workday (Jun 2025)
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The average worker receives 153 Teams messages per weekday.
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57% of Teams meetings in 2025 were ad hoc calls without a calendar invite, per Microsoft telemetry.
Microsoft, Breaking down the infinite workday (Jun 2025)
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57% of meetings are ad hoc calls without a calendar invite—and 1 in 10 scheduled meetings are booked at the last minute.
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30% of Microsoft Teams meetings spanned multiple time zones in 2025, up 8 percentage points since 2021.
Microsoft, Breaking down the infinite workday (Jun 2025)
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30% of meetings now span multiple time zones—a figure that has risen 8 percentage points since 2021.
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Meetings starting after 8 pm were up 16% year over year in 2025, with global and flexible teams driving much of the increase, per Microsoft telemetry.
Microsoft, Breaking down the infinite workday (Jun 2025)
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Our telemetry data shows that meetings after 8 pm are up 16% year over year, with global and flexible teams accounting for much of the increase.
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48% of employees and 52% of leaders in Microsoft's 2025 global Work Trend Index survey said their work feels chaotic and fragmented.
Microsoft, Breaking down the infinite workday (Jun 2025)
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In fact, our global Work Trend Index survey shows that nearly half of employees ( 48% )—and more than half of leaders ( 52% )—say their work feels chaotic and fragmented.
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Leaders and teams waste 25% of their time searching for answers, according to Atlassian's 2025 survey of 12,000 knowledge workers and 200 executives.
Atlassian, State of Teams 2025 (Apr 2025)
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Atlassian’s survey of 12,000 knowledge workers and 200 executives found that leaders and teams waste 25% of their time just searching for answers.
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Between 45% and 50% of US employed SWAA respondents reported using generative AI for their job in 2025 and 2026.
WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes), SWAA November 2026 Updates (Nov 2026)
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The Share of People Who Report Using AI For Their Job Rose After December 2024. It Fluctuates Between 45-50%.
Common questions
- What percentage of Americans work from home?
- It depends on the measure. The BLS American Time Use Survey found 35% of employed people did some work at home on days they worked in 2025, WFH Research measured 27% of full paid days worked from home in October 2026, and the Census Bureau found 12.9% of workers usually worked from home in 2025.
- Is hybrid or fully remote work more common?
- Hybrid is more common. Gallup found 54% of US employees with remote-capable jobs worked hybrid in August 2026 and 25% were fully remote. Across all full-time employees, the SWAA counted 26% hybrid and 12% fully remote between November 2025 and October 2026.
- How many days a week do companies require in the office?
- Flex Index found the average US firm required 2.87 office days per week in Q3 2025, up from 2.57 a year earlier, and three days was the most common structured hybrid rule. CBRE's 2025 survey found large Americas occupiers wanted 3.2 days and got 2.9 days of actual attendance.
- Does remote work hurt productivity?
- The strongest evidence says hybrid work does not. A randomized trial of 1,612 Trip.com employees published in Nature found two home days a week cut quit rates by one-third without hurting performance. BLS and Federal Reserve industry studies also link remote work to faster productivity growth, though as correlations.
- Which industries have the most remote work?
- In BLS data for 2025, telework rates were highest in finance and insurance (58.9%), professional and technical services (58.4%) and information (48.4%), and among computer and mathematical occupations (65.4%). Rates were lowest in hands-on work such as food service (1.5%) and construction (10.2%).
- How does remote work in the US compare with other countries?
- Definitions differ, but the ONS found 28% of working adults in Great Britain worked hybrid in early 2025, Statistics Canada found 11.4% of Canadians worked only from home and 9.8% were hybrid in May 2026, and the ABS found 36% of employed Australians usually worked from home in August 2025.
How we picked these figures
We chose figures that measure where people work, how employers set office policies, what research finds about productivity and retention, and how distributed teams use collaboration tools, and we read each figure on the publisher's own page, report, data table or press release. Definitions differ widely. ATUS counts any work done at home on the diary day, the CPS counts anyone who teleworked any hours in the survey week, the SWAA counts full paid days of six or more hours, and the ACS counts people who usually work from home, so these rates should not be added or compared directly. Gallup and Pew survey only workers whose jobs can be done remotely, which makes their remote and hybrid shares higher than those for the whole workforce. Country figures from the ONS, Statistics Canada and the ABS use different questions and reference periods. Flex Index counts company policies, not attendance, and weights each firm equally. Microsoft figures come from Microsoft 365 telemetry and surveys run by a company that sells collaboration software, and Robert Half figures come from its own analysis of postings in its recruiting fields. The Trip.com trial dates from 2021 to 2022 and the BLS productivity study covers 2019 to 2021; they are kept because they remain the most direct primary evidence on the question. We could not include Eurostat's 2025 Labour Force Survey figures because the release page did not load for our source checker. Each quote is copied from the original publisher and fetched again by a script to confirm it still appears there. See the methodology.
Sources
- Atlassian. State of Teams 2025 (Apr 2025).
- Australian Bureau of Statistics. Working arrangements, August 2025 | Australian Bureau of Statistics (Dec 2025).
- CBRE. Employees and Employers Closer to Being on the Same Page About In-Office Work Than Any Time Since Before Pandemic (Aug 2025).
- Cisco. Cisco Global Hybrid Work Study 2025: Navigating Hybrid Work Strategies in the Evolving Workplaces (Jun 2025).
- Cisco. Hybrid work 2025: How leaders can get it right (Jun 2025).
- Federal Reserve Board. Decoding the Productivity Puzzle: A New Perspective on the Relationship between Remote Work and Productivity (Aug 2025).
- Flex Index. Hot off the Press: the Q3 Flex Report - by Brian Elliott (Aug 2025).
- Flex Index. Is Everybody Headed Back to the Office? - Flex Index (May 2025).
- Gallup. Indicator: Hybrid Work (Sep 2026).
- Gallup. Hybrid Work in Retreat? Barely. (Sep 2025).
- Indeed Hiring Lab. What Workers Expect When They’re Expecting Better Work: Findings From the 2025 Indeed Workforce Insights Survey (Jan 2026).
- Indeed Hiring Lab. Hybrid Work Tightens: 2-3 Days a Week in the Office Has Become the Norm (Sep 2025).
- Microsoft. Breaking down the infinite workday (Jun 2025).
- Nature (Bloom, Han and Liang). Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance (Jun 2024).
- Office for National Statistics. Who has access to hybrid working in Great Britain? (Jun 2025).
- Pew Research Center. Remote workers’ views of returning to office | Pew Research Center (Jan 2025).
- Pew Research Center. How COVID-19 changed US workplaces: Looking back 5 years later | Pew Research Center (Feb 2025).
- Robert Half. Remote work statistics and trends for 2026 (Oct 2026).
- Statistics Canada. The Daily — Labour Force Survey, May 2026 (Jun 2026).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: 2025 Results (Jun 2026).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 22.6 percent of workers teleworked in March 2026 (Apr 2026).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Table 6. Employed persons working at home, workplace, and time spent working at each location, 2025 annual averages (Jun 2026).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Table 60. People at work by telework status, usual full- or part-time status, occupation, industry, and class of worker, 2025 annual averages (Jan 2026).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Productivity and Remote Work (Mar 2025).
- U.S. Census Bureau. United States Commuting At A Glance: American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates (Sep 2026).
- U.S. Census Bureau. New U.S. Census Bureau Data Show Detailed Characteristics of Home-Based Workers (Jan 2025).
- WFH Research (Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes). SWAA November 2026 Updates (Nov 2026).
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