New figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the ongoing problems that office occupancy faces. According to the American Time Use Survey, in 2022, on workdays, 34% of employed persons did at least some of their work at home. About 69% of workers were at their workplace.

But workplaces encompass far more than offices and the overall numbers are representative of all workers. Further BLS explanation shows how office faces higher impact.

"Workers with higher levels of education were more likely to work at home than were those who had less education," the report said. "Among workers age 25 and over, 54 percent of employed persons with a bachelor's degree or higher performed some work at home on days worked, compared with 18 percent of those with a high school diploma and no college. Workers with a bachelor's degree or higher were equally likely to work on an average day as were those with a high school diploma and no college (68 percent)."