Curious about what % of US workforce have jobs that CANNOT be performed remotely. (In middle of debate with friend)
So I’m talking to my friend about remote work, and we both realized that while we are very familiar with stats about how many US workers work remote at least part of the time (22% as of 2025), we don’t really have a grasp of how much of the workforce are in jobs that cannot be performed remotely. Do people think it’s about half? I’m guessing it’s half.
And I don’t mean jobs where “they won’t let you work remote.” I mean literally jobs where it’s like physical labor or a car mechanic.
I’m counting pretty much all healthcare jobs (doctors, nurses, techs), anyone in retail or food service, anything like a cop or sanitation worker, agriculture, construction.