Research investigation / November 12, 2026
The 2025 American Time Use Survey shows a difference in work-at-home participation by sex on days worked. The figures are survey estimates, not a causal explanation or a count of full-time remote workers.
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BLS reported that 38% of employed women and 31% of employed men did some or all of their work at home on days they worked in 2025, a 7-percentage-point difference.
In 2025, 38% of employed women and 31% of employed men did some or all work at home on days they worked, according to BLS. The difference was 7 percentage points.
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SOURCE AND PERIOD — The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its 2025 American Time Use Survey on June 25, 2026. The survey measures how people spent their time on diary days in 2025.
WHAT WAS MEASURED — Among employed people on days they worked, 38% of women and 31% of men performed some or all work at home. The difference is 38 minus 31, or 7 percentage points.
Source data comparison
| Category | % |
|---|---|
| Women | 38% |
| Men | 31% |
BLS American Time Use Survey 2025. Percent of employed people doing some or all work at home on days worked. These are not full-time remote-work rates.
NOT THE SAME AS FULLY REMOTE — The measure includes doing any work at home on a workday. A respondent may also have worked at a workplace that day. It does not measure permanent remote employment or home-based work every day.
OTHER FACTORS — Occupation, education, family circumstances, work arrangements, and other differences can affect the likelihood of working at home. These survey percentages do not establish why the gap exists.
INTERPRETATION — The denominator is employed people who worked on the diary day, not all women and men or all adults. The values are rounded published percentages; the calculated 7-point gap uses those rounded figures. This national result does not directly measure immigration or policy impacts.