Before Covid arrived in the US in January 2020, only 5% of the US labor force worked remotely all the time However, within months of the start of the pandemic, nearly every American who could work from home was doing so. Today remote working is a white-collar norm.
If you take the whole of America, office attendance is “about 19% lower relative to pre-pandemic levels,” says Edward Glaser, chairman of Harvard’s economics department. That average makes some startling changes between major cities. While Houston sits on average at 19% and Los Angeles is “looking great” at 21%, New York and Boston are both down 32%.
opinion | Can America’s Cities Make a Comeback After the Pandemic?
Before Covid arrived in the US in January 2020, only 5% of the US labor force worked remotely all the time However, within months of the start of the pandemic, nearly every American who could work from home was doing so. Today remote working is a white-collar norm.
If you take the whole of America, office attendance is “about 19% lower relative to pre-pandemic levels,” says Edward Glaser, chairman of Harvard’s economics department. That average makes some startling changes between major cities. While Houston sits on average at 19% and Los Angeles is “looking great” at 21%, New York and Boston are both down 32%.