Year 2000 Survey Shows Telecommuting Is Up More Than 20%

ITAC (International Telework Association & Council) recently released the results of Telework America 2000 - the latest in a continuing series of reports and surveys on the state of telework in the U.S. The Year 2000 study, which was sponsored by AT&T, found the following:

More teleworkers than ever

• There were 20.6% more teleworkers in the year 2000 than in 1999.
• There were 23.6 million teleworkers in the U.S. in the year 2000, versus 19.6 million in 1999. The total includes regularly employed and occasionally employed teleworkers, as well as people who do some work at home.
• There will be a projected 30 million regular teleworkers by the end of 2004.

More demand for telecommuting options

• 39% of workers who do not currently work remotely are interested in teleworking.
• 13% of those workers consider the availability of a telework option to be an important factor when deciding whether to accept another job.

Improvements in productivity

• Home-based workers reported an average productivity improvement of 15%.
• Teleworkers who worked in satellite offices equipped for telecommuting reported a 30% improvement in productivity.
• Companies save, on average, $9,712 per teleworker.
• Of the 23.6 million total teleworkers, 16.5 million are regularly employed teleworkers, saving companies $160 billion.

You can find more detailed information from the Telework America 2000 study at the ITAC web site by linking to the following:
For the Executive Summary, For Key Findings