2022 Remote Job Reports: Monthly Analysis & Statistics

Wages and jobs numbers were up in a better-than-expected April.

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Virtual Vocations’ May 2022 Remote Jobs Report is an analysis of the state of hiring in the U.S., including the nationwide availability of fully remote jobs. We examined the latest in remote work statistics and trends, as well as U.S. employment data from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from April 2022, to determine the month’s best-of lists for remote work employers, states, and industries filling work-at-home, virtual, and telecommuting jobs.

April 2022 Remote Hiring Summary

“Throughout April, more than 20,000 human-screened fully remote postings were added to the Virtual Vocations job board—a 9.77% increase in remote hiring from March.”

Remote Work Report Spotlight

“The ability to work in a remote or distributed setting did more than decentralize workers from singular locations. In many cases, it empowered employees to consider an entirely new way of working.”

Oyster, a global HR software provider, conducted a survey to better understand the evolution of workplace priorities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. In “The Employee Expectations Report 2022,” Oyster details their findings, which point to major shifts in worker expectations. Employees are not only more creative, productive, and successful but also willing to leave jobs and organizations with less than desirable wages, benefits, and conditions.

When it comes to defining these shifts in employee expectations, Oyster looks beyond the “Great Resignation” of 2021 and instead to the “Great Revelation” of 2022. During the COVID-19 pandemic, more employees than ever before got a taste of the flexibility and autonomy facilitated by remote work, and they want more. According to Oyster’s report, “What our research points towards is that knowledge workers are realizing that work can and should be different. Remote and distributed working has unshackled employees from the office and eliminated the drudgery of the daily commute.”

Below, we’ve included a couple of additional key stats from Oyster’s report:

BLS Jobs Report Data for April 2022

“Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 428,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent,” according to the BLS. The number of U.S. workers who teleworked specifically as a result of the pandemic decreased 2.0 percentage points to 10.0% in March.

Some of April’s highest job gains occurred in these remote-friendly career categories. Select any remote job industry hyperlink below to view remote job options in those career fields:

• Leisure and hospitality (+78,000)
• Manufacturing (+55,000)
• Transportation and warehousing (+52,000)
• Professional and business services (+41,000)
• Financial (+35,000)

Gains are also evident in month-to-month and annual wage increases. According to BLS data, “Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 10 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $31.85 in April. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 5.5 percent.”

The BLS also published revisions of jobs numbers from February and March. New data analysis resulted in jobs numbers for those months being revised down by -39,000 jobs: -36,000 from February and -3,000 from March.

Top 10 Employers for Remote Jobs

Remote job openings from more than 3,500 employers were vetted and posted to the Virtual Vocations job board. Among those 3,500+ employers, these top 10 companies posted the highest number of remote job postings during April. Seven of the top 10 employers for April 2022 are also featured on our list of the “Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2022.”

Select any company name below to view a researched Virtual Vocations profile of that employer. The Virtual Vocations Remote Companies Database, which houses these remote business profiles, is a free resource for remote jobseekers. It is a digital storehouse of thousands of company profiles for employers known for hiring qualified employees and contractors for work from home jobs.

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Top 10 States for Remote Jobs

The majority of remote job postings found in the Virtual Vocations database are open to all U.S. applicants, but some remote job openings may be location-specific. Factors that influence the location classification of remote jobs include business travel requirements, company policies, and state tax or employment laws. Virtual Vocations makes easy work of location-based job searches. Our members use Job Search Filters to narrow their search results by criteria like time zone, region, state, or nationwide. The following 10 states represented the top locations for April 2022 remote job openings.

Top 10 Industries for Remote Jobs

At any time, the Virtual Vocations job board is filled with more than 15,000 job postings across 35 remote job industries, which range from business operations and instructional design to legal and quality assurance. This top 10 list names the best industries for remote jobs during April 2022. If you’re searching for a new remote job, start with these remote career categories.

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Average overall job growth for the first quarter of 2022 was 562,000 jobs per month, which is the same average monthly jobs gain for 2021.

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Virtual Vocations’ April 2022 Remote Jobs Report is an analysis of the state of hiring in the U.S., including the nationwide availability of remote jobs. We examined the latest in remote work statistics and trends, as well as U.S. employment data from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from March 2022, to determine the month’s best-of lists for remote work employers, states, and industries filling work-at-home, virtual, and telecommuting jobs.

March 2022 Remote Hiring Summary

March was an exciting month at Virtual Vocations thanks to our seventh annual Remote Work Week event. In addition to providing remote jobseekers with new content and resources to improve their hireability and strengthen the outcomes of their remote job searches, we also provided jobseekers with increased access to 100% virtual, fully remote job postings and companies hiring now. As Virtual Vocations CEO and co-founder Laura Spawn attests, Virtual Vocations’ efforts culminated in double-digit job board growth for March:

“From February to March 2022 we logged an 11.74% increase in fully remote job postings screened by our team and uploaded to our job board.“

Remote Work Report Spotlight

From bread-winning to care-giving and household management, the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected working women, many of whom left their jobs to provide in-home care and education to their children. Will these difficult choices spell long-term consequences for women’s careers?

Deloitte conducted a global survey of nearly 400 working women in nine countries to learn more about how they have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including how their day-to-day lives have changed as well as whether these changes also altered their career progression.

The majority of women are also now responsible for a larger share of their household’s chores while also serving as primary caregivers, and as many as one-third adopted larger workloads.

BLS Jobs Report Data for March 2022

“Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 431,000 in March, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.6 percent,” according to the BLS, which means the unemployment rate is only 0.10 percentage points higher than it was in February 2020 prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of U.S. workers who teleworked specifically as a result of the pandemic decreased 2.0 percentage points to 10.0% in March.

Some of March’s highest job gains occurred in these remote-friendly career categories. Select any remote job industry hyperlink below to view remote job options in those career fields:

• Leisure and hospitality (+112,000)
• Professional and business services (+102,000)
• Social assistance (+25,000)
• Financial (+16,000)
• Healthcare (+8,000)

The BLS also published revisions of jobs numbers for previous months, totaling 95,000 previously unreported jobs. January 2022 employment was revised up by 23,000 jobs, from +481,000 to +504,000; February employment was revised up by 72,000 jobs, from +678,000 to +750,000.

Top 10 Employers for Remote Jobs

Remote job openings from more than 3,400 employers were vetted and posted to the Virtual Vocations job board. Among those 3,400+ employers, these top 10 companies posted the highest number of remote job postings during March. Eight of the top 10 employers for March 2022 are also featured on our list of the “Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2022.”

Select any company name below to view a researched Virtual Vocations profile of that employer. The Virtual Vocations Remote Companies Database, which houses these remote business profiles, is a free resource for remote jobseekers. It is a digital storehouse of thousands of company profiles for employers known for hiring qualified employees and contractors for work from home jobs.

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Top 10 States for Remote Jobs

The majority of remote job postings found in the Virtual Vocations database are open to all U.S. applicants, but some remote job openings may be location-specific. Factors that influence the location classification of remote jobs include business travel requirements, company policies, and state tax or employment laws. Virtual Vocations makes easy work of location-based job searches. Our members use Job Search Filters to narrow their search results by criteria like time zone, region, state, or nationwide. The following 10 states represented the top locations for March 2022 remote job openings.

Top 10 Industries for Remote Jobs

At any time, the Virtual Vocations job board is filled with more than 15,000 job postings across 30 remote job industries, which range from business operations and instructional design to legal and quality assurance. This top 10 list names the best industries for remote jobs during February 2022. If you’re searching for a new remote job, start with these remote career categories.

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In 2022, approximately 1.16 million jobs have been added to the U.S. economy, with the unemployment rate nearly returned to its pre-pandemic level.

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Virtual Vocations’ March 2022 Remote Jobs Report is an analysis of the state of hiring in the U.S., including the nationwide availability of remote jobs. We examined the latest in remote work statistics and trends, as well as U.S. employment data from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from February 2022, to determine the month’s best-of lists for remote work employers, states, and industries filling work-at-home, virtual, and telecommuting jobs.

February 2022 Remote Hiring Summary

February 2022 marked the first month of Virtual Vocations’ transition to a fully virtual job board. This transition was inspired by feedback from our jobseekers who wanted to see more remote job postings requiring no field-travel. According to Virtual Vocations CEO and co-founder Laura Spawn,

“February 2022 was our first full month of posting only 100% remote jobs to our job board. While we anticipated a decline in the overall number of available jobs due to our new, strict quality standards, we were pleased to be able to share more than 16,000 new, fully remote job postings with remote jobseekers and connect them with more than 3,200 companies filling 100% virtual roles with no travel required.”

Remote Work Report Spotlight

You may be proud of your job, but does it garner respect from others? A new survey report from Zety analyzes what it takes for a job to be considered respectable, and some of the top occupations are remote-friendly.

“Zety analyzed the opinions of more than 1,000 Americans to determine which occupations they hold in the highest regard. Caring for others and trustworthiness were the top factors that made remote-friendly occupations like doctor, scientist, teacher, nurse, and software developer rank among the most respected careers.”

Other top factors that make a job worthy of professional esteem include the job’s essentialness within society, the levels of intellect and education required to perform the role, physical ability required to conduct job duties, and high levels of salary and prestige.

BLS Jobs Report Data for February 2022

“Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 678,000 in February, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.8 percent,” according to the BLS, which means the unemployment rate has nearly returned to its pre-pandemic level of 3.5%. The number of U.S. workers who teleworked specifically as a result of the pandemic decreased 2.4 percentage points to 13.0% in February. This shift can be credited to a decline in the number of new cases from the Omicron wave of COVID-19 and some workers returning to on-site duties amid an increased rollout of hybrid work models.

Some of February’s highest job gains occurred in these remote-friendly career categories. Select any remote job industry hyperlink below to view remote job options in those career fields:

• Leisure and hospitality (+179,000)
• Professional and business services (+95,000)
• Healthcare (+64,000)

Following recent months of large increases in average hourly wages, earnings for February were little changed and increased by only $0.01 over the month. Within the last year, however, average hourly wages increased by 5.1%.

The BLS also published revisions of jobs numbers for previous months, totaling 92,000 previously unreported jobs. December 2021 employment was revised up by 78,000 jobs, from +510,000 to +588,000; January 2022 employment was revised up by 14,000 jobs, from +467,000 to +481,000.

Top 10 Employers for Remote Jobs

Remote job openings from more than 3,200 employers were vetted and posted to the Virtual Vocations job board. Among those 3,200+ employers, these top 10 companies posted the highest number of remote job postings during February. Nine of the top 10 employers for February 2022 are also featured on our list of the “Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2022.”

Select any company name below to view a researched Virtual Vocations profile of that employer. The Virtual Vocations Remote Companies Database, which houses these remote business profiles, is a free resource for remote jobseekers. It is a digital storehouse of thousands of company profiles for employers known for hiring qualified employees and contractors for work from home jobs.

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Top 10 States for Remote Jobs

The majority of remote job postings found in the Virtual Vocations database are open to all U.S. applicants, but some remote job openings may be location-specific. Factors that influence the location classification of remote jobs include business travel requirements, company policies, and state tax or employment laws. Virtual Vocations makes easy work of location-based job searches. Our members use Job Search Filters to narrow their search results by criteria like time zone, region, state, or nationwide. The following 10 states represented the top locations for February 2022 remote job openings.

Top 10 Industries for Remote Jobs

At any time, the Virtual Vocations job board is filled with more than 15,000 job postings across 30 remote job industries, which range from business operations and instructional design to legal and quality assurance. This top 10 list names the best industries for remote jobs during February 2022. If you’re searching for a new remote job, start with these remote career categories.

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The number of jobs added to the U.S. economy increased 134.67% from December 2021 to January 2022.

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Virtual Vocations’ February 2022 Remote Jobs Report is an analysis of the state of hiring in the U.S., including the nationwide availability of remote jobs. We examined the latest in remote work statistics and trends, as well as U.S. employment data from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from January 2022, to determine January’s best-of lists for remote work employers, states, and industries filling work-at-home, virtual, and telecommuting jobs.

January 2022 Remote Hiring Summary

Virtual Vocations’ team and our Employer Partners added more than 42,000 remote job openings to our job board during January 2022. From December 2021 to January, the number of total remote job postings added to our database increased 21.02%. Following another record-setting year of remote job growth in 2021, Laura Spawn, Virtual Vocations CEO and co-founder, emphasized the company’s renewed commitment to quality in 2022:

“The focus for Virtual Vocations in 2022 is remote job posting quality. We’re always looking for ways to give more remote jobseekers what they want in terms of quality remote job options. That’s why, as of February 1, 2022, all remote job postings added to our job board will be 100% remote job postings with no field-travel required.”

Remote Work Report Spotlight

We’ve all heard the saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words” but, when it comes to remote recruiting, could the quality of your LinkedIn profile photo help you land a job?

“To learn more about how LinkedIn profile pictures affect working professionals’ chances of getting a job, we surveyed 200+ HR pros, business owners, and managers.” Passport-Photo.online found that, “A full eight out of 10 respondents surveyed agree a candidate’s LinkedIn profile picture helps them get to know the person better, and 80% believe it’s an important ranking factor.”

71% of surveyed recruiters admit they rejected a candidate because of their LinkedIn profile picture at least once, despite proper job qualifications.

95% believe a LinkedIn profile is the modern equivalent of a business card; 96% say a professional LinkedIn profile photo shows confidence.

BLS Jobs Report Data for January 2022

“Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 467,000 in January, and the unemployment was little changed at 4.0 percent,” according to the BLS. “In February 2020, prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, and unemployed persons numbered 5.7 million.” The number of U.S. workers who telecommuted specifically as a result of the pandemic increased to 15.4%—more than four percentage points higher than the approximately 11% of workers who telecommuted during December 2021.

Some of January’s highest job gains occurred in these remote-friendly career categories. Select any remote job industry hyperlink below to view remote job options in those career fields:

• Leisure and hospitality (+151,000)
• Professional and business services (+86,000)
• Transportation and warehousing (+54,000)

Average wages also increased during January. Hourly earnings for all employees increased by $0.23 to $31.63. In the last year, the U.S. has experienced a 5.7% increase in average hourly wages.

Top 10 Employers for Remote Jobs

Throughout January these 10 companies were responsible for more than 3,700 new remote job openings posted to our 100% virtual jobs database. Three new additions to the top 10 companies include Encore Semi Inc., an engineering solutions company; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a global insurance services provider; and Supporting Strategies, a bookkeeping and human resources services company. Seven of the top 10 employers for January 2022 are also featured on our list of the “Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2022.”

Select any company name below to view a researched Virtual Vocations profile of that employer. The Virtual Vocations Remote Companies Database, which houses these remote business profiles, is a free resource for remote jobseekers. It is a digital storehouse of more than 19,000 profiles of companies known for hiring qualified employees and contractors for work from home jobs.

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Top 10 States for Remote Jobs

The majority of remote job postings found in the Virtual Vocations database are open to all U.S. applicants, but some remote job openings may be location-specific. Factors that influence the location classification of remote jobs include business travel requirements, company policies, and state tax or employment laws. Virtual Vocations makes easy work of location-based job searches. Our members use Job Search Filters to narrow their search results by criteria like time zone, region, state, or nationwide. The following 10 states represented the top locations for January 2022 remote job openings.

Nine out of 10 top locations for remote jobs remained the same from December 2021 to January 2022. Arizona dropped from the list and was replaced by Washington. Other changes from December to January include New York moving up to third and Florida falling one spot to fourth. North Carolina and Illinois exchanged positions and Pennsylvania climbed one spot to eighth.

Top 10 Industries for Remote Jobs

At any time, the Virtual Vocations job board is filled with more than 30,000 job postings across 40+remote job industries, which range from administrative and consulting to investigations and social media. This top 10 list names the best industries for remote jobs during January 2022. If you’re searching for a new remote job, start with these remote career categories.

We recorded a few changes in the top remote industries ranking from December to January. Healthcare fell from second to third, replaced by sales which moved up one spot. Marketing held onto the fourth spot with customer service dropping one position to sixth. Financial moved down one position to eighth with management taking over the seventh spot. Product management and project management remained ninth and 10th on our list of best remote career fields.

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U.S. employment growth averaged 537,000 new jobs per month during 2021.

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Virtual Vocations’ January 2022 Remote Jobs Report is an analysis of the state of hiring in the U.S., including the nationwide availability of remote jobs. We examined the latest in remote work statistics and trends, as well as U.S. employment data from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from December 2021, to determine January’s best-of lists for remote work employers, states, and industries filling work-at-home, virtual, and telecommuting jobs.

December 2021 Remote Hiring Summary

To close out the year, Virtual Vocations’ team and our Employer Partners added more than 35,000 remote job openings to our job board. Comparing total jobs posted to the database for December 2021 to pre-pandemic totals for December 2019, the Virtual Vocations remote job board still experienced 31.62% growth. Laura Spawn, Virtual Vocations CEO and co-founder, is looking forward to the year ahead, saying:

“The 2022 outlook for remote work is a good one. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Virtual Vocations set a new company record for total remote jobs screened and added to our database during a single year. Nearly 600,000 remote job postings were added to our job board in 2021. This year, we’re focused on increasing access to 100% remote, fully virtual job postings.”

Throughout 2022, Virtual Vocations will continue our quality over quantity commitment to screening remote jobs. This quality assurance plan includes the following tenets:

• Reducing the number of staffing agency job postings to only those from our valued and vetted Employer Partner staffing agencies.
• Prioritizing 100% remote jobs across all categories.
• Continuing to screen remote job postings to eliminate commission-only offers, unpaid internships, start-your-own business opportunities, and other unscrupulous offers.

BLS Jobs Report Data for December 2021

“Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 199,000 in December, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.9 percent,” according to the BLS. Since April 2020, which U.S. unemployment reached its lowest recorded level, nearly 19 million jobs have been added to the economy; however, employment totals are still down 3.6 million from pre-pandemic levels (February 2020). Approximately 11% of U.S. workers worked from home specifically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

December’s most notable job gains occurred in these categories. Select any category hyperlink to view remote job options in those career fields:

• Leisure and hospitality (+53,000)
• Business services (+43,000)
• Manufacturing (+26,000)
• Construction (+22,000)
• Transportation and warehousing (+19,000)

December’s jobs report from the BLS also revised jobs totals for October and November 2021 to include an additional 141,000 jobs that were not previously reported.

Top 10 Employers for Remote Jobs

During December, these 10 companies were responsible for more than 3,400 new remote job openings posted to our remote jobs database. Also in December, Jerry Insurance Agency, a licensed insurance broker that operates a mobile app allowing customers to receive quotes from major insurance companies and manage policies, entered the ranks of the 10 best for remote jobs for the first time. The nine additional employers named below are also part of our “Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2022” list.

Below, select any company name to view a researched Virtual Vocations profile of that employer. The Virtual Vocations Remote Companies Database, which houses these remote business profiles, is a free resource for remote jobseekers. It is a digital storehouse of more than 19,000 profiles of companies known for hiring qualified employees and contractors for work from home jobs.

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Top 10 States for Remote Jobs

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Top 10 Industries for Remote Jobs

At any time, the Virtual Vocations job board is filled with more than 30,000 job postings across 33 remote job industries, which range from accounting and human services to business operations and legal. This top 10 list names the best industries for remote jobs during December 2021. If you’re searching for a new remote job this year, start with these remote career categories.

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