Flexible work research and resources
The data behind flexible work, with links to every original source — free to cite in your own request, report or policy.
| Finding | Source |
|---|---|
| 54% of remote-capable US employees work hybrid; 25% are fully remote. | Gallup, Aug 2026 |
| 66% of US companies offer some location flexibility, with 2.87 required office days on average. | Flex Index Q3 2025 (LSE) |
| 35% of employed Americans did some or all of their work at home on days they worked. | US BLS, American Time Use Survey 2025 |
| 37% of workers would reject a job that didn't offer flexible hours. | Owl Labs State of Hybrid Work 2025 |
| $61 spent per office day by hybrid workers, versus $19 on a home day. | Owl Labs 2024 |
| 46% of remote-capable workers say they'd be unlikely to stay if remote work ended. | Pew Research, Jan 2025 |
| 64M Americans freelanced in 2023 — 38% of the workforce. | Upwork Freelance Forward 2023 |
| 89% of UK four-day-week pilot firms were still running it a year later. | Autonomy pilot follow-up, via HRD Connect, Feb 2024 |
| 61% of remote-capable US employees prefer hybrid, 33% prefer fully remote and 6% prefer on-site. | Gallup, Nov 2025 |
| Only 11% of employees are on teams that set their hybrid policy together. | Gallup, May 2025 |
| About a quarter of paid US workdays were worked from home in late 2025. | WFH Research (SWAA), Dec 2025 |
| Workers say they would accept a 9% pay cut for flexible hours and 8% for a four-day week. | Owl Labs 2025 |
| 40% of US workers were fully or partly remote in 2024, and 17% of recent quitters cited changes to work arrangements. | McKinsey American Opportunity Survey, May 2025 |
| 71% of US teleworkers say working from home helps their work-life balance. | Pew Research, 2023 |
| 98% of remote workers want to work remotely at least part of the time for the rest of their careers. | Buffer State of Remote Work 2023 |
| None of the 41 US and Canadian four-day-week pilot companies returned to five days. | 4 Day Week Global |
| 28% of working adults in Great Britain work hybrid — 45% of those earning £50k+ versus 8% of those under £20k. | ONS, Jun 2025 |
| 9% of employed people in the EU usually work from home, up from 5.5% in 2019; Finland leads at 20.5%. | Eurostat 2025 data, via Remote Work Europe |
Figures were checked against the original pages in October 2026. Where the original was unavailable, the secondary source is named. Spotted something out of date? Let us know.
Organisations worth following
Gallup — hybrid work indicator
Quarterly US data on where remote-capable employees work and want to work.
WFH Research
Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes from Stanford and partner universities.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics — American Time Use Survey
Official US data on where and when people work.
Office for National Statistics — hybrid working
Who can work hybrid in Great Britain.
4 Day Week Global
Pilot results and resources on the four-day week.
Owl Labs — State of Hybrid Work
Annual survey on hybrid work costs and preferences.
Buffer — State of Remote Work
Annual survey of remote workers.
GitLab — all-remote guide
One of the most detailed public handbooks on running a remote company.
Pew Research Center — remote work
Surveys of US workers on teleworking.