New research shows that if you are in a highly paid role, you’re more likely to be able to work remotely. At least some of the time.
The link between salary and ability to work from home is more pronounced than ever.
If you earn around $30,000, you’re very unlikely to be able to work remotely.
However, 10% of those earning $60,000 are working remotely, with 20% of jobs paying $100,000 offering remote work. The figures then rise to 30% for jobs that pay around $200,000.
This information comes from a study from HBR made in 2023. The company analyzed 10,000 job ads in the U.S. and assessed whether they allowed fully remote work or a hybrid model.
The study then went on to create a “highly accurate LLM” which was applied to hundreds of millions of job postings from the past decade.
There are three main factors that make you more likely to be able to work remotely.
One is education level. Nearly 30% of adverts that ask for a post-graduate degree also offer the opportunity to work remotely.
Experience is another one, with only 3% of job ads for entry-level jobs offering remote work.
The final factor may be that, if you are in an engineering or development role in the tech industry, you’re often what’s known as a sole contributor. Therefore, it’s far easier for you to work remotely.
This final factor seems to be getting debunked. Despite all of this, in 2024 many people working in tech are watching nervously as return to office mandates roll in.
