By Katie Merritt, Senior Research and Data Manager, Robert Half
Employers facing hiring challenges may want to consider offering flexible work arrangements to their employees. If they already offer remote or hybrid options, stepping up efforts to promote that fact could help them attract top talent.
Research for Robert Half’s Demand for Skilled Talent report found that 29% of professionals are already looking or planning to look for a new role in the first half of 2025. The desire for more work flexibility is a top motivator for their job hunting. Nearly half (48%) of job seekers surveyed said they would like to find a hybrid role, while over a quarter (26%) said they would prefer a fully remote job.
The benefits of hiring remote and hybrid workers are clear for employers. In addition to accessing a wider talent pool and potentially attracting more skilled job applicants, offering flexible work can help boost retention. In another recent Robert Half survey, 76% of workers said having flexibility in when and where they work influences their desire to stay with an employer.
Hybrid and remote jobs outlook by profession
Where can today’s job seekers find the most opportunities for flexible work, including opportunities to work from home? Research for our latest Demand for Skilled Talent report provides insight.
We examined industries that Robert Half supports with our talent solutions to determine which ones have the highest rates of new hybrid and remote jobs. Following is an overview of our findings based on data from the fourth quarter of 2024.
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Q4 2024 U.S. Job Postings
The chart above shows findings from Robert Half’s analysis of U.S. job postings in Q4 2024, with a breakout of fully in-office, hybrid and fully remote jobs. Our analysis suggests that many employers continue to see value in offering their employees flexible work options, like the ability to work from home, either some or all of the time. In-office arrangements continue to be the majority workplace arrangement among new jobs, although this varies by professional field.
The industries in focus in our Q4 2024 analysis were marketing and creative, technology, human resources, finance and accounting, legal, administrative and customer support, and healthcare. Some key findings include the following:
Technology employers had the most job postings for fully remote jobs (18%), while legal employers had the least (8%)
Employers in the administrative and customer support and healthcare fields had the most job postings for fully in-office jobs—80% each
HR employers had the most job postings for hybrid roles (35%), while healthcare employers had the least (9%)
Source: Robert Half analysis of over 400,000 new U.S. job positions provided by TalentNeuron. 2025 Robert Half Inc. An EOE M/F/D/V.
Remote work statistics show senior-level professionals have more options to work from home
Our analysis of the new hybrid and remote jobs created in Q4 2024 shows flexible work arrangements are more common for senior-level roles. Still, there are opportunities for mid-level and entry-level professionals, too. Overall, employers are more likely to offer hybrid work arrangements to employees at all levels.
Newly created hybrid and remote jobs—by experience level:*
Senior-level (5 or more years of experience): 30% hybrid, 16% remote
Mid-level (3-5 years of experience): 23% hybrid, 17% remote
Entry-level (0-2 years of experience): 17% hybrid, 11% remote
*Experience level refers to the years of relevant experience a job candidate has for a specific type of role. For example, a senior-level accountant would have five or more years of relevant experience in the accounting profession.
Remote and hybrid jobs outlook: continued stabilization, with four in 10 jobs featuring some remote work
One of the most significant remote work trends we have been tracking in our research for the Demand for Skilled Talent report is the growth in hybrid job postings from 9% in Q1 2023 to nearly a quarter (23%) of new jobs by the end of 2024. Fully remote jobs have also increased over the last two years from 10% in Q1 2023 to 15% in Q4 2024.
Fully on-site roles are continuing to trend downward. We found that new, fully in-office job postings declined from 83% to 68% during 2023. And over the course of 2024, the rate of new, fully in-office jobs decreased to 61%, solidifying that flexible work arrangements are here to stay.
We have also observed that job postings for hybrid and remote positions are stabilizing. This suggests many employers continue to see value in offering their employees flexible work options.
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Remote and Hybrid Jobs Over Time
The chart above illustrates the prevalence of both fully remote and hybrid jobs compared with the number of fully in-office jobs in the United States from Q1 2023 to Q4 2024.
The growth in hybrid job postings increased from 9% in Q1 2023 to nearly a quarter (23%) of new jobs by the end of 2024. Fully remote jobs have also increased over the last two years, from 10% in Q1 2023 to 15% in Q4 2024.
The prevalence of both hybrid and remote job postings has stabilized across 2024, with little fluctuation across the four quarters in 2024. Fully in-office job postings declined from 83% to 66% during 2023. And over the course of 2024, the rate of new, fully in-office jobs decreased to 60%, solidifying that flexible work arrangements are not decreasing as return-to-office mandates continue to make news headlines.
Robert Half’s analysis suggests many employers continue to see value in offering their employees flexible work options, like hybrid work.
Source: Robert Half analysis of over 6 million new U.S. job positions provided by TalentNeuron. 2025 Robert Half Inc. An EOE M/F/D/V.
Hybrid work trends by geography
Robert Half analyzed data by geography to understand how hybrid and remote work trends are developing across the United States.
We found many employers in more rural states—where it can be challenging to find available local talent—offer flexible work arrangements. Meanwhile, in states with larger metro areas, the trend is more toward hybrid work than fully remote.
The following five locations saw the highest prevalence of hybrid roles in Q4 2024:
District of Columbia: 32%
New York: 29%
Colorado: 28%
Massachusetts: 28%
Minnesota: 27%
To see the full results from our analysis of remote and hybrid work trends by U.S. state, view our infographics.
Among the U.S. metro areas in focus in our geographic analysis of hybrid and remote work trends, these 11 cities saw the greatest volume of new hybrid jobs in Q4 2024:
San Francisco, CA: 32%
Sacramento, CA: 30%
New York, NY: 30%
Boston, MA: 29%
Portland, OR: 29%
Minneapolis, MN: 28%
Phoenix, AZ: 27%
Dallas, TX: 27%
Chicago, IL: 25%
Seattle, WA: 25%
Austin, TX: 25%
Get more insights from Robert Half’s Demand for Skilled Talent report
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Robert Half’s Demand for Skilled Talent report lets you explore data on hiring and employment trends in the United States and offers tips on how to overcome hiring and retention challenges in the current labor market.
Methodology
Surveys were developed by Robert Half and conducted by independent research firms. Respondents included executives from small (1-99 employees), medium (100-999 employees), and large or enterprise (1,000+ employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across the United States.
Job postings provided by TalentNeuron and categorized into more than 450 job titles within Robert Half’s 2025 Salary Guide using a proprietary mapping methodology that employs state-of-the-art large language models. This dataset includes roles across the finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, administrative and customer support, human resources, and healthcare support professions.
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