The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported the share of remote workers fell from 35% to 11% from May 2020 to October 2021. Data is collected as part of the Current Population Survey to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on the workforce.
An important caveat to the data (emphasis mine):
Data refer to those who teleworked or worked at home for pay specifically because of the coronavirus pandemic. This does not include those whose telework was unrelated to the pandemic, such as those who worked entirely from home before the pandemic.
See supplemental data measuring the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the labor market.
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25% of All Job Postings Are Premanently Remote
According to the Q1 2022 survey by Ladders, 24% of all job posting in the US and Canada are now for permanent remote positions—an increase from 18% in Q4 2021 or roughly 3MM jobs.
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Half of the US Workforce Works Remotely at Least Some Days Per Week
A working paper from Stanford Digital Economy Lab studying the differences between attempts at measuring the number of US workers that work remotely found that half of US workers work remotely at least some days per week.