👩‍💻 These occupations have the most remote workers

Good Morning,

Writing this newsletter from the middle of the action at SXSW. Thanks to Slack for the coffee fueling this and, of course, for enabling remote work.

Lots of “future of work” content at this conference, but it feels more measured and thoughtful than it was in 2022.

Maybe that has to do with the fact that with every passing post-pandemic month, remote work stats seems to be shifting into their long-term state ⬇️

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Need to know

WFH Research ranked the occupations with the most significant shift to remote work in the last three years.

They analyzed remote job listings by occupation in 2019 and 2022 and published the findings in their March 2023 report.

They found that Computer & Mathematics (5.4X), Architecture & Engineering (5.1X), and Business & Financial Operations (3.9X) had the largest shift in open job listings from office-based to remote between 2019 and 2022.

See results below:

This month, WFH Research found very similar remote statistics compared to February, and has indicated that today’s trends are not likely to change drastically moving forward.

If these findings hold, we’re able to say the pandemic accelerated the remote work shift by 40 years. This is based on telecommuting data tracked by the US Census Bureau over the past several decades.

I like to think technology advances would have brought us there sooner than 2060, but in any case, I hope our collective efforts keep accelerating the trend.

Elsewhere

• 3 non-negotiables for managers that make remote work actually work (Forbes)

• Return to office seemed inevitable, but companies are already reversing course (Fortune)

• Job growth in February was higher than expected (CNBC)

• Four-day workweek and remote work give employers an edge in tight job market (USA Today)

• Remote work might have led to mini baby boom (Fatherly)

If interactions over the last several days have taught me anything, it’s that everybody knows somebody who wants a remote job.

So if you know someone who wants to work remotely, forward this email to them or tell them about Remote Source so we can help them live the life they want!

Cheers,
Grant