More and more people want to work at home, and it’s easy to see why. Rush hour traffic in the Bay Area is grinding to a crawl. In Los Angeles, it has been that way for decades. On a typical day, it can take an hour or more to drive 20 miles during rush hour on the I-5 in Los Angeles. Many other big American cities have rush hour traffic that is just as bad as L.A. I know people here in Berkeley who spend 3 hours every day driving to and from work. I am glad that I don’t have to do that. I have been working at home for 30 years. If you would like to work at home, get a college degree first. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last month shows that college-educated workers are more likely to work at home than any other group, aside from the self-employed. The data shows that while only 1 in 20 employees with less than a high school degree work at home, almost 40% of college graduates now work at home on a regular basis. Here are the numbers.
The percent of workers 25 years of age or older who worked at home on an average day in 2012.