According to data recently presented by UNO’s Center for Public Affairs Research (CPAR), about 16% of Nebraska workers were remote in May of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. That number dropped to 8% in the first two months of 2021. Remote work rates for Nebraska have been similar to national trends since the start of the pandemic.
The mix of industries in Nebraska can help explain the rate of remote work. Industries more likely to go remote were finance, insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services. Less likely to transition to remote work were accommodation and food service, agriculture, retail trade, construction, and arts and entertainment. Nebraska has a similar number of persons working in industries that could easily transition to remote work as those that could not. For instance, about the same number of people work in the professional services industry as in accommodation and food services.
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