Overview
- Hamburg leads with 35.6% working from home at least weekly, ahead of Berlin (31.2%) and Hesse (27.4%), versus a national average of 22.7%.
- The lowest rates were recorded in Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern (14.1%), Thuringia (13.5%) and Saxony‑Anhalt (10.9%).
- Compared with 2021, home‑office use dipped slightly nationwide (−0.7 percentage points), with sharper falls in Hamburg (−2.8) and Berlin (−3.9), while Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern edged up (+0.4).
- Bavaria reported 24.5% using home office in 2024, ranking fourth, while the share working entirely from home has roughly halved since 2021 to about 4% there.
- Employer groups in Hesse, led by VhU’s Dirk Pollert, oppose a statutory right to home office and back voluntary, trust‑based arrangements.