It was one of the hottest trends during the pandemic: Zoomtowns, or communities of remote workers in lower cost cities, towns and remote areas cashing big-city paychecks from top companies.
And it doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon. Pre-pandemic, less than 3% of U.S. job listings on LinkedIn were hiring for remote workers, according to a Bloomberg article. FlexJobs pinpointed the work-from-home group as just 4.9% of U.S. workers pre-pandemic. Today, 75% of workers say they would prefer to continue working from home, according to a FlexJobs survey.
Workers in mid-size cities like Wilmington, North Carolina, and Sarasota, Florida, are benefiting from the growth of remote work, with 50% of job listings on LinkedIn offering remote options, Bloomberg reported. For workers, there’s no limit to where they can apply for a job. In fields like tech, accounting, marketing, and healthcare, companies in larger cities are paying the same wages to remote workers as to locals.
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