Job characteristics matter for teleworking: 12-month average of share of employed that teleworked, by select demographic, May 2020–April 2021
| group_value | share_tw_emp |
|---|---|
| Hourly worker | 12.27% |
| Nonhourly worker | 39.34% |
| In public sector | 36.06% |
| Not in public sector | 22.37% |
| Full time | 26.62% |
| Part time | 18.81% |
| Management, business, and financial occupations | 42.83% |
| Professional and related occupations | 41.86% |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 26.53% |
| Sales and related occupations | 18.77% |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4.80% |
| Service occupations | 4.55% |
| Production occupations | 4.28% |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3.09% |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2.58% |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 1.64% |
Notes: Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race). Full time includes workers that worked 35+ hours last week and are usually full-time. Part time includes workers that either worked part-time hours (less than 35 hours) or are usually part-time (i.e. worked full-time hours last week but usually work less than 35 hours per week).
Source: Authors' analysis of EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.14 (2021), https://microdata.epi.org and the Current Population Survey COVID supplement.