More teleworking in Washington region, survey shows
More Washington area workers are telecommuting than ever before, especially federal workers, according to a survey by the Transportation Planning Board of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
More than a quarter 27 percent of the 6,000 commuters interviewed reported working remotely at least occasionally. The number jumped to 38 percent for federal workers. For the private and nonprofit sectors, the number of telecommuters is 25 percent and 27 percent, respectively. Just 13 percent of state and local government workers said they telework.
Another 18 percent of respondents said they could and would telework if given the chance.
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