Americans reclaim 60 million commuting hours by working remotely

Data from the American Time Use Survey found that employees spent fewer total hours working and more on sleep and leisure from the time they save by working from home. Photo: Mary Markevich/Freepik

Americans who are working from home have reclaimed 60 million hours that they used to spend commuting to an office each day. They’re now using that time to get more sleep instead.

That’s the takeaway from a research by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which analysed data from the American Time Use Survey to see what US workers spent their time on when they weren’t stuck on a crowded train or locked in traffic.