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Table 1 Percentage of occupations are WFH-friendly across occupational group

From: Who and how many can work from home? Evidence from task descriptions

 

Percent WFH friendly

Occupational group

Estimate

Lower bound

Upper bound

No. of jobs

Managers

65.7

40.7

83.8

222,678

Professionals

57.4

40.2

56.4

652,356

Technicians and associate professionals

42.7

24.4

53.6

374,858

Clerical support workers

63.0

57.4

64.9

169,230

Service and sales workers

26.7

7.7

59.9

573,415

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

17.0

16.7

18.2

21,631

Craft and related trades workers

12.0

2.0

27.9

219,843

Plant and machine operators and assemblers

7.0

6.6

7.2

163,197

Elementary occupations

1.7

1.7

1.7

134,400

All occupations

38.3

24.0

50.9

2,531,608