Remote Work Coordinators

Some people have always been able to work from home or other remote locations because of their occupational backgrounds. But the emergence of personal computers in the 1980s and the Internet in the 1990s created many new opportunities for white collar workers to do their jobs at home or in other remote locations. As a result, a need developed for coordinators who could manage remote teams. The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in late 2019, prompted large numbers of workers to shift to remote work—especially during lockdowns that sought to reduce the spread of the deadly disease. Although the percentage of remote workers has declined since the height of the pandemic, many Americans work remotely for all or a portion of the time. In 2023, 13.8 percent of U.S. workers usually worked from home, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This was a significant increase from the 5.7 percent of workers who did so in 2019. A total of 22.1 percent of U.S. workers aged 16 and older worked remotely for all or a portion of the time in August 2025, according to the DOL.