Overview
- Across Germany, 22.7% of dependent employees worked from home at least weekly in 2024, led by Hamburg at 35.6%, followed by Berlin at 31.2% and Hesse at 27.4%, while Saxony-Anhalt (10.9%), Thuringia (13.5%) and Mecklenburg‑Western Pomerania (14.1%) trailed.
- Usage has eased slightly since 2021, with the national rate down 0.7 percentage points and sharper declines in Hamburg (−2.8 points) and Berlin (−3.9), though some states such as Mecklenburg‑Western Pomerania (+0.4) and Thuringia (+0.1) edged up.
- The share of people working entirely from home has dropped markedly since 2021, roughly halving nationally and in Bavaria, and the proportion of daily home workers among users fell in every state.
- Bavaria recorded 24.5% working from home at least occasionally, ranking fourth, with self‑employed and civil servants using remote work far more than employees and trainees.
- Hesse’s statistics office highlighted a stable balance between office presence and home working as employer groups rejected a statutory entitlement and promoted voluntary agreements and mobile work.