{ "dataset": { "slug": "us-telework-participation", "title": "U.S. telework participation by worker and job characteristics", "summary": "Monthly telework participation by age, sex, race, education, occupation, industry, and other worker characteristics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.", "category": "public_data", "category_label": "Public data", "source_kind": "official", "source_name": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey", "source_url": "https://www.bls.gov/cps/telework.htm", "update_frequency": "Monthly", "geographic_scope": "United States", "methodology": "WFH.team retrieves BLS CPS tables A-41 and A-42 and publishes the displayed counts and percent distributions without changing the official telework definition. Counts are reported in thousands.", "limitations": "CPS estimates are survey estimates, are not seasonally adjusted, and may be affected by annual population-control or classification changes. BLS telework is not identical to Census commuting or job-listing measures.", "dimensions": [ "month", "age", "sex", "race", "ethnicity", "education", "occupation", "industry", "work schedule" ], "api_url": "https://api.new.wfh.team/api/public/research/datasets/us-telework-participation/" }, "release": { "release_key": "2026-10", "revision": 1, "period_start": "2026-10-01", "period_end": "2026-10-31", "published_at": "2026-11-07 12:45:42.308181+00:00", "source_updated_at": null, "headline": "22.1% of people at work teleworked for pay in October 2026", "change_summary": "The latest BLS tables cover 131 published worker, occupation, industry, and schedule rows. Counts are in thousands and data are not seasonally adjusted.", "sample_size": null, "revision_note": "Initial publication", "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/us-telework-participation/2026-10", "data": { "series": [], "metrics": [ { "key": "telework_rate", "unit": "percent", "label": "People who teleworked", "value": 22.1, "change": null, "previous_value": null }, { "key": "teleworked", "unit": "count", "label": "People who teleworked", "value": 35165000, "change": null, "previous_value": null }, { "key": "all_hours", "unit": "percent", "label": "Teleworked all hours", "value": 10.6, "change": null, "previous_value": null } ], "breakdowns": [ { "key": "age-and-sex", "rows": [ { "key": "total-16-years-and-over", "label": "Total, 16 years and over", "telework_percent": 22.1, "all_hours_percent": 10.6, "some_hours_percent": 11.5, "teleworked_thousands": 35165, "people_at_work_thousands": 159255 }, { "key": "16-to-24-years", "label": "16 to 24 years", "telework_percent": 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"other-services-except-private-households", "label": "Other services, except private households", "telework_percent": 19.8, "all_hours_percent": 8.4, "some_hours_percent": 11.4, "teleworked_thousands": 1370, "people_at_work_thousands": 6923 }, { "key": "private-households", "label": "Private households", "telework_percent": 7.9, "all_hours_percent": 5.6, "some_hours_percent": 2.4, "teleworked_thousands": 47, "people_at_work_thousands": 591 }, { "key": "public-administration", "label": "Public administration", "telework_percent": 22.7, "all_hours_percent": 7.8, "some_hours_percent": 14.9, "teleworked_thousands": 1773, "people_at_work_thousands": 7814 } ], "label": "Industry" }, { "key": "class-of-worker-3", "rows": [ { "key": "wage-and-salary-workers-excluding-incorporated-self-employed", "label": "Wage and salary workers, excluding incorporated self-employed", "telework_percent": 20.5, "all_hours_percent": 9.4, "some_hours_percent": 11.1, "teleworked_thousands": 29400, "people_at_work_thousands": 143549 }, { "key": "private-industries", "label": "Private industries", "telework_percent": 21.1, "all_hours_percent": 10.1, "some_hours_percent": 11.0, "teleworked_thousands": 25852, "people_at_work_thousands": 122239 }, { "key": "government", "label": "Government", "telework_percent": 16.6, "all_hours_percent": 5.2, "some_hours_percent": 11.5, "teleworked_thousands": 3547, "people_at_work_thousands": 21310 }, { "key": "federal", "label": "Federal", "telework_percent": 17.6, "all_hours_percent": 7.0, "some_hours_percent": 10.6, "teleworked_thousands": 705, "people_at_work_thousands": 3993 }, { "key": "state", "label": "State", "telework_percent": 25.1, "all_hours_percent": 8.5, "some_hours_percent": 16.6, "teleworked_thousands": 1935, "people_at_work_thousands": 7702 }, { "key": "local", "label": "Local", "telework_percent": 9.4, "all_hours_percent": 1.7, "some_hours_percent": 7.7, "teleworked_thousands": 907, "people_at_work_thousands": 9615 }, { "key": "self-employed-workers", "label": "Self-employed workers", "telework_percent": 36.9, "all_hours_percent": 21.5, "some_hours_percent": 15.4, "teleworked_thousands": 5760, "people_at_work_thousands": 15613 }, { "key": "self-employed-workers-incorporated", "label": "Self-employed workers, incorporated", "telework_percent": 41.3, "all_hours_percent": 20.0, "some_hours_percent": 21.3, "teleworked_thousands": 2741, "people_at_work_thousands": 6634 }, { "key": "self-employed-workers-unincorporated", "label": "Self-employed workers, unincorporated", "telework_percent": 33.6, "all_hours_percent": 22.6, "some_hours_percent": 11.0, "teleworked_thousands": 3019, "people_at_work_thousands": 8979 } ], "label": "Class of worker(3)" } ], "schema_version": 1 } }, "citation": "Source: WFH.team, U.S. telework participation by worker and job characteristics, 2026-10, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/us-telework-participation/2026-10)." }