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The Back to Work Barometer

This chart description is for illustrative purposes only and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Please see full disclosures at end of PDF document in the web post. General description: 11-line chart showing office occupancy levels across the U.S. Chart subtitle: Average office occupancy in the largest U.S. cities has plateaued at around 50% of pre-pandemic levels. Chart source: Kastle Systems as of September 30, 2023. Chart description: Y-axis is labeled “Office Occupancy Level” and ranges from 0% to 100%. X-axis labels range from Feb-20 to Aug-23 in 3-month increments; data is weekly and through September 27, 2023. Legend is at right; top 10 metro areas in the U.S. are plotted in differing colors and average for Top 10 is plotted in top layer. In following, data point refers to most recent available, September 27. New York metro in orange, 47.9%; San Francisco metro in purple 43.5%; D.C. metro in light teal 47.2%; Chicago metro in blue 53.2%; Dallas metro in light purple 55.1%; Los Angeles metro in slate 47.8%; Houston metro in dark green 60.0%; Philadelphia metro in dark orange 42.7%; Austin metro in dark teal 58.9%; San Jose metro in dark blue 40.7%; Top 10 Average in green, 49.7%. Please contact us for the full dataset. End chart description. See disclosures at end of document.
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