Which industries are now teleworking and what are the challenges?

Jan 28, 2021

Banking, finance, accounting and real estate are among the industries which are more easily able to work from home. Image: Unsplash/Štefan Štefančík

Rachel Minkin

Research associate focusing on social and demographic trends research, Pew Research Center

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A graph showing how the ability to telework varies widely across industries

A majority of workers in only four out of nine grouped industries say that the majority of their work can be done from home. Image: Pew Research Center

A graph to show the difficulties of working from home within each different industry

43% of people the in education sector struggled at the beginning of the outbreak with motivation when working from home. Image: Pew Research Center

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