69% of employed adults who work from home earn $75,000 or more
Fact recorded on: November 10, 2008. Categories: Employment.
69% of employed adults earning $75,000 per year or more say they work from home at least some of the time, one in four do so every day or almost every day. By comparison, just 30% of those in jobs earning less than $30,000 per year work from home, and 12% do so every day or almost every day, according to Pew Internet Project.
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