Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to distress and decompress from a difficult workday is to get away from the jobsite and into fresh air. It follows that the locations in the United States that accounted for the highest percentage of remote workers (aged 16 and up) between 2015 and 2020 were relatively small municipalities that enjoy easy access to Mother Nature's majesty. The international tech company SysAid recently analyzed remote worker data to determine the "best places for remote work in the U.S." Using U.S. Census Bureau data that included (only) the first year of the pandemic, researchers determined that the Martha's Vineyard area of Vineyard Haven in Massachusetts, where 17% of workers are remote, is the best place in the U.S. to telecommute. Mississippi, Puerto Rico and Louisiana are the worst places in the U.S. to be a remote worker, according to SysAid. The slideshow above illustrates the top places in the country for remote work, based on the percentage of adult workers who telecommute there, according to SysAid analysis of American Community Survey data. SysAid researchers also confirmed that some industries are better suited to remote work than others. "It is very surprising that, on average, only one in 20 American city dwellers works remotely," the company said in a statement about the research. "Industries such as finance, insurance and most professional consulting could easily adopt a remote work model with the right IT system in place. Even industries like manufacturing can automate chain supply processes more efficiently, for example, so that more employees can manage tasks from any computer. Similarly, all admin jobs can easily be streamlined through better ticketing automation, with one centralized hub to connect across all departments to offer flawless customer service. Having worked with small to Fortune 500 companies along the years, we have found that education, healthcare, manufacturing and HR are the most convertible sectors towards remote or hybrid work models." See also: |

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