Remote work booms in Seattle as more than one-third of employees work from home

While remote work dropped nationally by 3% since last year, the city with the most remote workers was more than double the average.

Seattle, Washington, was the city with the highest share of remote workers at 36%, with Washington, D.C., trailing behind at just over one-third per the United States Census American Community Survey. Last year, Washington, D.C., had more than 43% of remote workers, but every single state has declined or stayed the same in its percentage.

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When it came to metropolitan areas, Boulder, Colorado, had the highest share of remote workers at 32%, and its capital city wasn’t far behind. As a state, Colorado has more than 25% of its employees working remotely. When the Washington, D.C., metro area was considered, it was in second place, also reporting a quarter of remote employees, which tied with the Seattle metro area.

Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Illinois reported lower remote workers than the national average in 2019, which was 5.7%, but by 2022 reported higher percentages than the national average of 15%. Conversely, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and Iowa had more remote workers than the average in 2019 and dropped below the average last year.

Mississippi had the fewest remote workers at 5.5%. Its neighboring states in the southeast also report fewer workers than the average.

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Remote work has lessened commute time. Workers have saved 55 minutes per day in the U.S. and averaged 72 minutes on average across the 27 countries studied, researchers concluded in a working paper circulated Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The American Community Survey reported a margin of error of plus or minus 0.1%.