During a April 2022 survey, 1.1 percent of surveyed small businesses in the United States said that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a large increase in the number of hours their paid employees spent working from home. However, the majority, at 85.2 percent of respondents, said that the pandemic created little to no change in the number of hours their employees spent working from home.
Impact of COVID-19 on the hours small business employees spent working from home in the United States as of April 2022
Original question: "Comparing now to six months ago, how has the number of hours paid employees worked from home changed?"
The Small Business Pulse Survey is a voluntary survey that requests information of single-location employer businesses with between 1-499 employees and receipts of $1,000 or more in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
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US Census Bureau. (April 21, 2022). Impact of COVID-19 on the hours small business employees spent working from home in the United States as of April 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273798/us-covid-19-impact-small-businesses-employee-wfh/
US Census Bureau. "Impact of COVID-19 on the hours small business employees spent working from home in the United States as of April 2022." Chart. April 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273798/us-covid-19-impact-small-businesses-employee-wfh/
US Census Bureau. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on the hours small business employees spent working from home in the United States as of April 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273798/us-covid-19-impact-small-businesses-employee-wfh/
US Census Bureau. "Impact of Covid-19 on The Hours Small Business Employees Spent Working from Home in The United States as of April 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273798/us-covid-19-impact-small-businesses-employee-wfh/
US Census Bureau, Impact of COVID-19 on the hours small business employees spent working from home in the United States as of April 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273798/us-covid-19-impact-small-businesses-employee-wfh/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Impact of COVID-19 on the hours small business employees spent working from home in the United States as of April 2022 [Graph], US Census Bureau, April 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273798/us-covid-19-impact-small-businesses-employee-wfh/
