From 2017 to 2018, about 47.4 percent of those employed in the professional and business services industry in the United States who could work from home, did work from home. In comparison, less than seven percent of those employed in the leisure and hospitality industry who could work from home, did work from home.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 24, 2019). Share of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (as a share of total workers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122922/employees-who-worked-from-home-industry-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (as a share of total workers)." Chart. September 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122922/employees-who-worked-from-home-industry-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2019). Share of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (as a share of total workers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122922/employees-who-worked-from-home-industry-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of Employees Who Worked from Home in The United States in 2017-18, by Industry (as a Share of Total Workers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122922/employees-who-worked-from-home-industry-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Share of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (as a share of total workers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122922/employees-who-worked-from-home-industry-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Share of employees who worked from home in the United States in 2017-18, by industry (as a share of total workers) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122922/employees-who-worked-from-home-industry-us/