A Look at Office Buildings
How many employees are there?
Are they on multibuilding complexes?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How many employees are there?
There are approximately 27 million workers employed in office buildings across the United States; this is 35 percent of the commercial workforce.
Office buildings contain an average of 38 workers per building, more than the average for all commercial buildings, which is 17 workers.
There is an average of 387 square feet per worker in office buildings, much less than the average for all commercial buildings, which is 766 square feet per worker.
Continue: Where are they located?
Go to "How many employees are there?" for other building types:
Specific questions may be directed to:
Joelle Davis Michaels
joelle.michaels@eia.doe.gov
CBECS Manager
Phone:
(202) 586-8952
FAX:
(202) 586-0018
URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/consumptionbriefs/cbecs/pbawebsite/office/office_howmanyempl.htm
Release
date: September 11, 2000
File last modified:
January 3, 2001