Drew Dixon
The number of remote and hybrid workers is climbing across the United States, and at least one Florida city is among the fastest growing locales for at-home workers.
That’s according to a new study published by Promoleaf, a sustainable promotional products company. The number of Americans working at least partially out of their homes has increased by 14% as of February when compared to the same time in 2023, the study concluded.
That amounts to about 35 million workers in the U.S. who conduct at least part of their job at their residence. About 23% of work-eligible Americans work out of their homes at least part of the time. That’s the highest figure since 2021 as workers emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the analysis.
Hybrid or remote work is most popular in Colorado, where 36% of the workforce operates out of their home. Massachusetts came in second at 32%, while Maryland came in third at 31%.
Pacific Northwest states have a high number of workers who also favor remote working as well.
Florida’s workforce has yet to fully embrace remote working as much as many other states. About 17% of Florida workers conduct business either full-time or part-time from their homes.
But Jacksonville is in the top 10 among U.S. cities that are increasingly adapting to remote work. The Promoleaf analysis showed Jacksonville had the ninth biggest increase in remote workers compared to 2023.
Jacksonville saw a 40% year-over-year increase. It’s the only Florida city to make the top 10 in term of annual increase. The Ogden-Clearfield area in Utah had the biggest jump in remote workers, with a 72% increase since February 2023. Greenville, South Carolina, and the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area in California came in second and third, with 70% and 64% increases, respectively.
Mississippi is the state with the lowest share of remote workers, at 5%, while Alabama had 9% of its workforce working remotely. Those were the only two states with less than 10% of the workforce working from home.
Promoleaf used data from the U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey to formulate its findings.
5 comments
Dont Say FLA
May 10, 2024 at 11:30 am
Constitutionally protected, safe and legal abortion plus safe and legal weed might equal desirable people again being willing to move to Florida. Not just anti-vax Incel MAGAs that ain’t nobody wants in their workplace, neither in person nor remote.
Elvis Pitts "AMERICA'S BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT" American
May 11, 2024 at 2:03 pm
Good afternoon America,
Our research has proven that 87.333% of all remote workers do around 2.15 hours of work per day.
ALSO:
FYI: 63.24% of all remote workers have been proven to be naked from the waist down and enjoy toutching themselves inappropiatly while on Zoom meetings ….. so dont get to friendly with these remote workers because its just kind of creepy knowing that you inspired one of “Them” to achieve an “0rgazzz” while you unknowingly caused those creeps to “Get Off” in a $exual way over your image on their lap-top.
SO NOW YOU KNOW:
And knowing stuff is 1/2 the Wisdom you need to be successful in life.
This Sage Nugget of “TRUE WORD” has been provided be ME, Elvis Pitts “Sage Remote Worker Expert” American
rick whitaker
May 11, 2024 at 2:54 pm
FAILED ATTEMPT AT HUMOR
Elvis Pitts "AMERICA'S BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT" American
May 11, 2024 at 5:06 pm
Thank you Rick,
What I advise my clients to do in order to combat this obsene surge in wanking at Zoom meetings is to require all participants to keep both hands in view of the camera at all times.
Its not so bad if you are an increadabley great looking “Hunk Of A Man” like me, Elvis Pitts American, to know that most people “World Wide” are “Wanking to your image On The Constant” ….. men like me got accustomed to that way back in High School.
But if you are a “Regular looking Boss or even a down-right ugly Mo Fo of a Boss the knowledge that your employees have pumped out gallons of “Wank Juice” over you in all your Zoom Meetings could be devestating for your ego.
“Just trying to help”,
Elvis Pitts American
rick whitaker
May 11, 2024 at 6:59 pm
JIBBERISH, MOVE ON