TELEWORK, HIRING, AND VACANCIES - 2022 DATA FROM THE BUSINESS RESPONSE SURVEY

In August and September 2022, 27.5 percent of private-sector establishments (2.5 million) had employees teleworking some or all the time, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  Industries with the highest percent of establishments employing teleworkers were information  (67.4 percent), professional and business services (49.0 percent), educational services   (46.0 percent), and wholesale trade (39.0 percent).

Data in this release are from the 2022 Business Response Survey (BRS). BRS data were collected from private-sector establishments from August 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022. The survey’s topics included telework at establishments both at the time of the survey and before the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring by establishments in July 2022, and job vacancies at establishments at the time of the survey. Detailed tables by industry, state, and establishment size are available at www.bls.gov/brs.

Telework at private-sector establishments

 • The percent of establishments with employees teleworking changed over the last year. In     August-September 2022, 72.5 percent of establishments had little or no telework, compared to     60.1 percent in July-September 2021.

 • The percent of establishments with some (but not all) employees teleworking was 16.4 percent     in 2022, compared to 29.8 percent in 2021. 

  • The percent of establishments with all their employees teleworking all the time was about the     same — 11.1 in August-September 2022, compared to 10.3 percent in July-September 2021.

• In August-September 2022, 95.1 percent of establishments (including those that did and did not     have telework) expected the amount of telework at their establishment to remain the same over     the next 6 months.

Private-sector new hires in July 2022

  • Nationwide, 22.4 percent of establishments hired new employees in July 2022.

• In July 2022, 7.3 percent of establishments increased starting pay, and 5.4 percent expanded     advertising to attract more applicants to newly filled positions. Among the other methods used    by establishments to attract more applicants were: starting to use recruiters/talent agencies     (2.4 percent); offering hiring bonuses (1.9 percent); reducing the job’s qualifications, such     as education or experience (1.3 percent); expanding benefits (1.2 percent); offering more     hours (1.0 percent); and expanding telework or remote work (0.7 percent). 

  • In July 2022, 2.4 percent of establishments hired at least one employee who will telework all     the time.

• Nationally, 7.0 percent of establishments took more than 30 days to fill at least one open     position. The percentage of establishments with positions that took more than 30 days to fill     varied by industry. The industries most likely to take more than 30 days to fill positions    were accommodation and food services (14.9 percent), health care and social assistance     (12.3 percent), and manufacturing (11.1 percent). The industries with the lowest percentage     of positions that had been filled after having been open for more than 30 days were natural     resources and mining (3.9 percent), information (4.1 percent), and financial activities     (4.4 percent).

Private-sector job vacancies in August-September 2022

• Nationwide, 20.9 percent of establishments had vacancies they were attempting to fill when they    were surveyed in August-September 2022, and 40.5 percent had vacancies within the 12 months     prior to the survey (August 2021-September 2022). 

• In August-September 2022, 3.1 percent of establishments had at least one vacancy eligible for     telework all the time.

  • Nationwide, 12.3 percent of establishments had at least one vacancy open for more than 30 days.  

 • The percentage of establishments that had a vacancy open for more than 30 days varied by     industry, ranging from 6.9 percent in natural resources and mining to 20.2 percent in     accommodation and food services.

• How establishments advertised their vacancies varied by the educational requirements of the     position. Nationwide, 13.4 percent of establishments used online job boards or hiring platforms    to advertise positions requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher, while 24.1 percent did so for    positions that did not require a bachelor’s degree or higher.

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