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Americans’ penchant for remote work continued to grow in 2016. Of more than 15,000 adults surveyed, 43 percent worked somewhere other than their employer’s office last year, according to Gallup’s latest “[State of the American Workplace (opens in a new tab)](http://www.gallup.com/reports/199961/state-american-workplace-report-2017.aspx)
” report.

That’s up four points since the last survey in 2012. American employees are working more hours remotely, too: 31 percent of remote employees work four to five days a week offsite. “Gallup consistently has found that flexible scheduling and work-from-home opportunities play a major role in an employee’s decision to take or leave a job,” according to the report. Is your association using remote work as a way to recruit and retain staff?

### Portion of Time Worked Remotely

#### Less than 20 percent

**2012:** 34 percent

**2016:** 25 percent

#### 20-40 percent

**2012:** 20 percent

**2016:** 20 percent

#### 40-60 percent

**2012:** 12 percent

**2016:** 13 percent

#### 60-80 percent

**2012:** 10 percent

**2016:** 11 percent

#### 80-100 percent

**2012:** 24 percent

**2016:** 31 percent

*SOURCE: Gallup, 2017 State of the American Workplace*

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