{"id":37936,"date":"2017-07-25T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virtualvocations.com\/blog\/?p=37936"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:36:14","slug":"telecommuting-mid-year-report-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtualvocations.com\/blog\/annual-statistical-remote-work-reports\/telecommuting-mid-year-report-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecommuting Mid-Year Report 2017: Top 10 States, Employers & Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

How has remote work changed since 2016? Virtual Vocations has the answers in our Top 10 Telecommuting Mid-Year Report 2017. Read on for the latest statistical findings concerning the top 10 best states for telecommuting, remote companies, and telecommuting job categories.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Telecommuting Mid-Year Report 2017 Breakdown\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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To create the Virtual Vocations Telecommuting Mid-Year Report 2017 edition, we looked to the Virtual Vocations Telecommute Jobs Database<\/a> to compile statistics on the best telecommuting states, companies, and job categories from January 1 – June 30, 2017.<\/p>\n

For your convenience, we created this infographic compiling our key statistical findings for the first half of 2017. Click on the infographic to expand it; you may also view the Virtual Vocations 2017 Mid-Year Report Infographic in PDF form<\/a> with active hyperlinks.<\/p>\n

Our Telecommuting Mid-Year Report 2017 breakdown includes detailed overviews of the data Virtual Vocations compiled for our top 10 lists for the best remote work states, employers, and career fields. In addition to providing charts that outline our findings in detail, we have also compared our most recent stats to our mid-year report from 2016.<\/p>\n

Top 10 States for Remote Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Of the 58,343 telecommute jobs Virtual Vocations’ team of experienced Researchers and Job Quality Specialists screened and published to the Virtual Vocations job board during the first half of 2017, more than 30,000 were telecommute jobs that allowed applicants to live and work anywhere within the U.S.<\/a> However, some telecommuting jobs require that potential hirees be located in a specific state.<\/p>\n

Location specific telecommute job openings<\/a> are especially prevalent in fields like remote education or telecommuting nurse case management<\/a>.\u00a0Most often, Online Teachers and Remote Nurse Case Managers must possess licenses and\/or certifications that are state-specific. The good news is jobseekers exploring home-based job openings in any category can find thousands of available telecommuting jobs coast to coast.<\/p>\n

Using Virtual Vocations to search telecommuting jobs by location is easy if you follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Utilize our convenient Location Search Bar at the top of our webpages;<\/li>\n
  2. Further narrow the results of your telecommuting job search using our Search Filters menu;<\/li>\n
  3. Select “Telecommute Status” and choose from job leads that have a “Geographic Restriction” or allow you to work and “Live Anywhere in the U.S.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Did your state make our list of the Top 10 States for Remote Work?<\/p>\n

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    Compared to our Telecommuting Top 10 Mid-Year Report for 2016<\/a>, we noticed some similarities and differences in the best U.S. telecommuting locations:<\/p>\n