Dec 22, 2024
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Roughly 340,000 people in the Austin metro work from home, according to 2023 U.S. Census estimates. This is equal to about a quarter of the metro's workforce. Nationally, remote employees make up about 13.8% of all workers over age 16, according to census data. This puts Austin well above the national average for work-from-home employees. Report: Austin leads US cities in remote worker share So who in Austin is working from home? CoworkingMag, a digital magazine focused on coworking, used U.S. Census Bureau data to profile remote workers in Austin and other U.S. cities. Austin's remote workforce is primarily millennials (45.7%) and Gen X (34.3%) employees, the analysis found. About 70% of work-from-home employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. (Courtesy Coworking Mag) The median income for virtual workers is $82,000 in Austin with more than half making above $75,000, according to the analysis. The analysis found the primary industries with virtual employees in Austin are professional and business services (36.1%), educational and health services (12.8%), financial activities (11.8%) and manufacturing (7.7%). In Austin, more men (51.7%) are remote workers than women (48.3%). This is different from trends among southern states where women make up about 53% of the growing virtual workforce, according to Coworking Mag. The study used U.S. Census Bureau data to break down the remote workforce in metros with over 500,000 people.
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