A fresh analysis of job-seeking habits across the United States has found that residents in the South are leading the charge for remote employment.
According to a study released by the job site Remote Rocketship, Georgia has emerged as the nation’s “work-from-home capital,” with Florida and North Carolina following closely behind in a trend that shows a distinct geographic preference for digital offices.
The study examined Google search data from April 2024 to March 2025, calculating interest by measuring the number of remote-related searches per 100,000 residents. Georgia took the top spot with 1,549.65 searches per 100,000 people, totaling over 170,000 monthly queries.
North Carolina secured second place with 1,362.39 searches, while Florida ranked third with 1,314.47. In fact, Southern states dominated the rankings, claiming seven of the top ten spots.
While Texas ranked sixth on a per-capita basis, it actually recorded the highest raw search volume in the entire country. The Lone Star State saw 385,775 monthly searches for remote work, but its massive population diluted those numbers when compared to smaller states.
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On the opposite end of the spectrum, Alaska showed the least interest in telecommuting, recording only 682 searches per 100,000 residents.
Other cold-weather states like North Dakota and Wyoming also failed to crack the top ten, suggesting that the desire to work from home may be driven by factors other than avoiding the elements.
Lior Neu-ner, the founder of Remote Rocketship, noted that the high volume of searches in the South points to significant geographic shifts that employers should monitor. Neu-ner suggested that financial incentives might be a quiet driver behind these numbers.
“For example, when we looked for data on minimum wage as a motivator, Georgia appears to have the lowest minimum wage in the country,” Neu-ner said. This could make remote positions for companies based in high-wage states like Washington or Connecticut—where the minimum wage can be over 150% higher—far more attractive to local workers.
Across the board, the most common phrases used by job hunters were “jobs work from home” and “jobs remote,” with “Indeed remote jobs” following as the third most popular search term.
Rounding out the top ten list were Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, and Nevada. The data indicates that while the “return to office” debate continues in corporate boardrooms, a large segment of the American workforce remains focused on finding flexible, home-based opportunities.
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