Why Do Some Remote Jobs Require a Location?

ByEmily Courtney

For many, one of the benefits of remote work is the ability to work from home, wherever that might be. However, what most people don’t realize is that the vast majority ofremote jobs often require a person to be based in a specific location.

Here at FlexJobs, we’re often asked why remote jobs have location requirements because people tend to think of remote positions as being the same as“work from anywhere” jobs.

Although these types of jobs are definitely out there, the reality is that 95% of theremote jobsour researchers find actually have geographic requirements, whether it’s a specific state, city, country, or even region of the country.

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Why Remote Jobs Have Location Requirements

Companies set location requirements on job postings for a variety of reasons—here are some of the most common:

– Meetings

Even if staff work from home, some companies want employees to be in close proximity to company offices for in-person meetings. Meetings may be weekly, monthly, or quarterly, but employers want the ease of having employees nearby to come into the office whenever needed.

– Clients

Some jobs require that workers live near their current or future client base, especially in the case ofsales jobsandproject management jobsthat need several in-person meetings to close deals or update stakeholders.

– Legal and Tax Considerations

State and federal regulations may dictate where companies can do business, which determines the locations where employees can work from. Similarly, tax law may determine which states companies can conduct business and hire employees in.

– Office Work

As businesses work hard to figure out their new normals post-pandemic, some companies may transition to blended models of remote work. This means that some employees would work from the office some of the time, either part-time or occasionally.

– Certifications

有些工作,比如教师或律师,需要的状态-issued certifications or licenses that dictate where an employee can work. If an employer is doing business in that state, they’ll need to recruit local employees with the proper credentials.

——旅行

For travel-heavy jobs, an employer may want employees to either be located near the region they’ll be traveling to the most or close to main transport hubs so they can easily access airports and public transportation.

– Time Zones

If a company wants employees to collaborate virtually in real time, they may want employees to live in certain time zones to ensure overlapping work hours that accommodate synchronous communication.

The State of Remote Work

The good news is thatremote work certainly isn’t going away! Although data has changed dramatically with the recent global health crisis, pre-pandemic statistics demonstrated the increasing popularity of remote work:

In 2018, only 3.6% of U.S. employeesworked from home at least half the week
43% of U.S. workers, however,worked from home at least occasionally
76% of job seekers were interested in远程工作的100%of the time
43% were interested in working remotely some of the time

Of course, the 2020 pandemic changed everything when companies had to shut down offices and send previously in-office employees home to work. Now, remote work statistics tell a very different story:

51% of working Americanstransitioned to working from homeduring the pandemic
97% of North American office workers beganworking from home more than one daya week, and 73% say they are very successful working remotely
72% of office workerswant to work from home at least two days a weekpost-pandemic

It’s clear that remote work is here to stay, so how do you find a remote job that lets youwork from whereveryou’re most productive?

How to Search Based on Location

Fortunately, theFlexJobs database enables you to search for remote jobs in any location. Whether you’re searching for awork-from-home jobthat you can do from anywhere, or you’re considering remote work in your home state, here’s how to find exactly what (and where) you’re looking for.

Navigate to theJobs by Locationpage to search by any of the following categories:

U.S. National remote jobscan be worked from anywhere in the U.S.
偏远的地方工作can be done from anywhere in the world.
Remote jobs by state lets you find jobs that you can do from specific states in the U.S.
Remote jobs by country gives you the option to search for jobs in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, India, Poland, the United Kingdom, and other international locations.

To refine your location search even more (by city, zip code, or country not listed above), visit the18beplay下载page and choose your location and desired remote work level. TheRemote Job Market Mapalso gives valuable insight into whichstates have the most remote jobs.

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