Teleworking paradise
Research firm Sperling’s BestPlaces and Intel Corporation have conducted a research: Best US Cities for Teleworking. Initially I should show the difference: telecommuting and teleworking.
Teleworking is a sort of telecommuting which goes beyond simply allowing employees to work from home or an alternative location a couple of days a week. Instead it enables them to work at any time or place that allows them to successfully complete their work.
How are the areas ranked?
Eighty of the largest metropolitan areas in the US were included in this study of the “Best Places for Teleworking.” To create the rankings, Sperling’s BestPlaces evaluated each area’s factors in the categories of commuting, office-based workforce, internet infrastructure, extreme climate and natural hazards. The climate category included the annual number of days with heavy snow, rain and ice which may disrupt a commute. The natural hazards category measured the risk from hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes.
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Rank |
Metro area |
Pct office workers |
Gas saved annually (million gal.) |
Hours saved annually (million) |
Total savings annually (million) |
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1 |
Washington, DC-VA-MD |
72.1% |
38.3 |
21.81 |
$1,160.6 |
|
2 |
Boston, MA-NH-RI |
69.7% |
38.1 |
18.32 |
$947.4 |
|
3 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA |
65.1% |
42.0 |
15.21 |
$741.9 |
|
4 |
Chicago, IL-IN |
63.9% |
63.0 |
39.13 |
$1,832.8 |
|
5 |
San Francisco-Oakland, CA |
70.2% |
36.3 |
20.00 |
$1,147.3 |
|
6 |
New York, Newark, NY-NJ-CT |
65.8% |
89.3 |
67.63 |
$3,201.2 |
|
7 |
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
66.2% |
41.8 |
25.50 |
$1,151.1 |
|
8 |
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX |
65.4% |
46.2 |
22.23 |
$1,031.2 |
|
9 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
66.7% |
27.5 |
10.77 |
$550.1 |
|
10 |
Seattle-Tacoma, WA |
64.7% |
26.7 |
13.08 |
$600.5 |
|
11 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX |
63.0% |
39.6 |
18.92 |
$844.0 |
|
12 |
Miami, FL |
63.0% |
44.4 |
24.62 |
$1,024.6 |
|
13 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA |
62.9% |
111.1 |
55.85 |
$2,593.6 |
|
14 |
Detroit, MI |
60.2% |
41.3 |
17.34 |
$806.8 |
|
15 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
62.9% |
27.3 |
12.53 |
$551.7 |
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16 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
55.1% |
12.4 |
7.16 |
$285.5 |
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