How Much Would You Give Up to Telework?

Just how much is teleworking worth to you? For more than one-third of information technology workers, the answer to that question is up to 10 percent of their salary -- if they could telework full-time, according to a survey released by Dice Holdings. That seems like a high price to pay to work from home, until you calculate the price of gasoline. Americans are now spending an average of about 4 percent of their take-home pay on gas, with lower-income Americans paying a much higher proportion, according to a New York Times article. The additional amount IT workers would be willing to give up could be the value they put on the time they gain from not commuting and how much they thought it was worth to stay home to work. About the same percentage (36 percent) said they would not give up any pay to telework -- a much more likely response that federal employees would provide given that Congress is pushing agencies to increase telework opportunities.

Hat tip: InfoWorld