Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/275736 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1321
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
Remote wage employment gradually increased in the United States during the four decades prior to the pandemic, then surged in 2020 due to social distancing policies implemented to stem the spread of COVID-19. Using the 2010-2021 American Community Survey, the authors examine trends in wage and hours differentials for full-time remote workers and office-based workers as well as within occupation differences in wage growth by work location. Throughout the period, remote workers earned higher wages than those working on-site, and the difference increased sharply during the pandemic. Real wages grew 4.4 percent faster for remote workers within detailed occupation groups and remote work intensity was positively associated with wage growth across occupations. Before the pandemic, remote workers worked substantially longer hours per week than on-site workers, but by 2021, hours were similar.
Subjects: 
remote work
working from home
wages
usual hours worked
COVID-19
JEL: 
J20
J22
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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