About 69% of the 2.8 million employees in the US information industry worked at home at least occasionally in 2024-25, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on 24 September. The exact figure is 69.0% [1][2].
That was the second-highest share of any industry, after financial activities at 76.2%. In professional and business services it was 62.8% [2].
Across all wage and salary workers, 34% worked at home at least occasionally, and 37% could. And 57% had a flexible schedule, able to vary when they started and finished work [1].
In the information industry, 72.5% could work at home [2].
What it measures
Wage and salary workers in their main job, not the self-employed. The information industry covers publishing, including software, broadcasting, telecoms, and data processing and hosting [1][2].
The figures average two years of interviews, from January 2024 to December 2025, with about 6,600 respondents [3].
"Worked at home" includes any work at home, however occasional. Of those who did, 33% said the job required it and 31% said it was their preference [1].
What it does not tell you
How many days a week people worked at home. The table counts anyone who did at all [2].
How this compares with other surveys. The BLS says these estimates differ from its annual time-use figures, which count only people working at home on a given day [3].
Fit: the figures are by industry, not occupation. Many programmers work outside the information industry, in computer systems design [2].
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