Share of remote workers tripled from 2019 to 2021, most were women. Learn more in this America Counts story.





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Women Made Up Majority of Home-Based Workers During Pandemic

Women, already the majority of home-based workers in 2019, increased to a slightly larger share of a growing home-based U.S. workforce in 2021, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Working from home was among the safety measures adopted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (which has since been lifted) to reduce transmission of the novel coronavirus. As a result, the percentage of home-based workers in the United States tripled from 5.7% of all workers in 2019 to 17.9% in 2021 ? an increase of nearly 19 million workers, according to American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year data.

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This shift has had social and economic impacts including on caregiving roles, actual or perceived workplace productivity, professional advancement opportunities and commuting burden.

In 2021, the majority (52.8%) of workers were men but women made up the majority (51.4%) of home-based workers.

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* Women being the majority of home-based workers
* Working from home is more common in some occupations
* Women working from home varies by occupation group
* Home-based work and working women





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