Remote jobs by state in 2026: the BLS telework rates
BLS publishes a telework rate for every state - 49.5% in DC, 8.4% in Mississippi, 22.4% nationally in 2025. The full table, and what it leaves out.
Emily Park · · 10 minHeroApply Blog
Remote work
Finding remote and hybrid roles, and what employers ask for.
Emily Park · · 10 min
Are remote jobs going away? What the federal data says
No. The federal telework rate has held between 21.5% and 23.0% for a year. Here is where remote work sits now, by occupation and by industry.
Emily Park · · 10 min
Remote jobs without a degree, by federal data, in 2026
BLS counts 12.9% of office and administrative support workers fully at home. Here are the no-degree occupations that telework, and what they pay.
Emily Park · · 9 min
Remote job scams: how to check a posting in two minutes
Reported losses to job scams hit $501 million in 2024. Here is the two-minute check that catches a fake remote posting, using the apply link and the pay line.
Emily Park · · 9 min
Highest-paying remote jobs in 2026, by BLS data
BLS puts systems managers at $175,140 and software developers at $135,980 for 2025. Here is which well-paid jobs sit in groups that telework.
Emily Park · · 9 min
Hybrid vs remote: what the job posting actually means in 2026
Hybrid and remote are two separate lines in the federal telework data. Here is what each word means, and the one field on a posting worth checking first.
Emily Park · · 9 min
Remote jobs by time zone: what employers ask for in 2026
Remote postings name a city because the field is mandatory, not because it is a rule. What a time-zone line means, and what to put in your location field.
Emily Park · · 9 min
How to find remote jobs that are actually remote
Only 10.6 percent of people at work in the US did all their hours from home in August 2026. Here is how to tell a fully remote posting from a hybrid one.
Emily Park · · 10 minThe best of the blog, once a week
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