Mapping the Best Work From Home Locations

The work from home movement is here to stay. It’s projected that in 2024, one in five American workers will call the workplace home. Many people say that working from home saves them time and money, but just how much money will vary depending on the state. That’s why the team at Ooma decided to create an index ranking each state by how desirable of work from home location it is.

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They used their rankings to map out each state and highlight the best places to work from home. After all, working from home means the freedom to live anywhere. The factors that the Ooma team used to create their index were:

• Average work from home salary
• Median monthly rent
• Salary to rent ratio
• Utility prices
• Internet speeds
• Taxes on wireless service

The states with the highest scores offered high salaries and low cost of living with good Internet access. These are the ten states that scored highest:

1. North Dakota
2. South Dakota
3. Oklahoma
4. Vermont
5. Kentucky
6. Missouri
7. Delaware
8. South Carolina
9. Oregon
10. Idaho

In the lowest scoring states, people will not save as much money working from home because the cost of living doesn’t keep pace with average salaries. Here are the ten states with the lowest scores:

1. California
2. Hawaii
3. Florida
4. Connecticut
5. New Hampshire
6. New Jersey
7. Utah
8. New York
9. Maryland
10. Alaska