Work from Home Rate: Women (WFHCOVIDFRACMATWOMEN)

Source: Barrero, Jose Maria  

Source: Bloom, Nick  

Source: Davis, Steven J.  

Release: Select time series based on the U.S. Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes (SWAA)  

Units:  Percent of Full Paid Working Days, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Percent of fully paid days worked from home for US women. Average obtained from a survey of US workers who earned $10,000 or more in a prior year, reweighted by age, sex, education, and earnings to match the share of individuals in the Current Population Survey (CPS). The September 2023 data point is an average of August and October due to data quality issues in September. Copyright 2026 by Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis. The data are made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When using this work, please cite: Barrero, Jose Maria, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis, 2026. 'Why working from home will stick,' National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 28731. See https://www.wfhresearch.com for more information.