Remote work led to a rise in cross-metro work, where employees can work in a different metro area from their manager. As The Washington Post reported, employees are 36% more likely to report to a manager who lives elsewhere and often in a city that hosts other managers, according to a 2024 ADP Research Institute analysis.

An analysis of changes in labor and sales for restaurants from 2019-2023 shows how the longer term effects of COVID led to higher sales for the industry.

The rapid labor market recovery from the pandemic, much faster than after the 2008 financial crisis, can be chalked up partly to aggressive government relief policies, said University of Michigan economist Betsey Stevenson, who served as chief economist at the Labor Department in the early 2010s.

But Pittsburgh's employment is down 2.1%, second worst in the U.S. and last in the Cleveland Fed's territory, also known as the Fourth District.

To better understand how access to a remote schedule varies by a worker's ability, job type, and demographics, accessiBe analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics data.