Telework Savings Calculator
The calculator further down the page can be used to determine how much you could save by working at home, or you can calculate the telework savings for the whole U.S., or individual states, counties, congressional districts, metro areas, or cities. It’s based on U.S. Census data plus variables and constants we’ve gleaned from dozens of studies.
Calculate community, company savings from telework
If you choose the Modify Assumptions option, at the top of the data entry blocks below, you’ll be able to quantify how much a telecommuting program already contributes to your neck of the woods or your company, and you can adjust our assumptions if you have different data.
To see how it works, scroll down this page, select your state and then calculate the results. Then click on Modify Assumptions, and change the fuel price and look at the results. Then enter the number of employees in your company and how many currently telework plus how many days per week on average to calculate what your company is already doing to save money, improve lives, and reduce pollution using the default assumptions. Then enter the number of people that could telework instead of using our 40% assumption—if you’re a software developer try 90% or even 100%, like Orbx or mySQL for example, and see how it changes.
Note: you can only search on one area at a time—all 50 states, a given state, or within a state, a particular county, congressional district, metro area, or city. Not all cities are available, because they weren’t in the census data. But, hey, it’s free so quit your griping. Besides, if you know the number of residents and how many telecommute in the city you’re interested in, click the Modify Assumptions option, fill in that data and you’ll have the answer.
