Despite back-to-the-office requirements and mandates, the share of office workers on-site in the D.C. area remains among the lowest among the 10 largest metros. Additionally, since 2020, the weekly average has rarely topped 50% of pre-pandemic occupancy, according to building security firm Kastle Systems’ weekly reports.
Kastle began tracking worker occupancy at the beginning of the pandemic by measuring entry access with employee ID cards and fobs in hundreds of D.C.-area buildings and thousands of individual offices.
During the week of March 20, the Kastle Back to Work Barometer pegged on-site workers in the D.C. area at 49.5% relative to pre-pandemic occupancy, slightly lower than the 49.8% measured the previous week.
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