Why Montana Struggles for Remote Work, New Study Shows
Working from home became ubiquitous during the COVID era. Everybody and their mothers were sent home to work in their pajamas in bed.
I wasn't a huge fan of working from home, actually. It has its perks, sure, but it became too much home time very quickly. I would like to have one work-from-home day a week, and go into the radio station the other four days. That's my dream scenario.
It's a good thing I don't work from home on a full-time basis, because Montana ranked near the bottom in WalletHub's "Best States for Working From Home" study.
Montana is the 50th best state to work from home
Only one state was below us in the best states to work from home, and it was Alaska.
"In order to identify the best states for working from home, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across two key dimensions, “Work Environment” and “Living Environment.” - WalletHub
Work environment looked at 4 key metrics:
- Share of workers working from home
- Share of potential telecommuters (those in occupations classified as conducive to executive, administrative, and managerial support)
- Households' Internet Access
- Cybersecurity
Living environment is broken down into 8 categories:
- Average price of electricity
- Access to low-priced internet plans
- Overall internet cost
- Average number of people per square foot of a home
- Share of detached housing units
- Average home square footage
- Share of sales homes with more than 1,000 square feet
- Share of homes with swimming pools
Montana ranked 50th in work environment and 48th in living environment.
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I'm sure this will be great news for the die-hard, "get out of my state" Montanans.