"Table 2. Employed Teleworker Forecasts, United States, 1998-2008 (Millions)" " ","1998","1999","2000","2001","2002","2003","2004","2005","2006","2007","2008" "Teleworkers >8hrs/month","12.4","14.4","15.6","16.8","19.1","23.5","27.7","31.0","33.5","35.0","36.3" "Growth"," ","16.1%","8.3%","7.7%","13.7%","23.0%","17.9%","11.9%","8.1%","4.5%","3.7%" "Teleworkers >8hrs/week","4.65","5.15","5.71","6.7","7.89","9.87","11.16","12.09","12.64","12.97","13.25" "Growth"," ","10.8%","10.9%","17.3%","17.8%","25.1%","13.1%","8.3%","4.5%","2.6%","2.2%" "Employee Population","122.90","124.26","125.65","127.04","128.06","129.08","130.12","131.16","132.21","133.26","134.33" "Penetration of Employee Population, >8hrs/month","10.1%","11.6%","12.4%","13.2%","14.9%","18.2%","21.3%","23.6%","25.3%","26.3%","27.0%" "Penetration of Employee Population, >8hrs/week","3.8%","4.1%","4.5%","5.3%","6.2%","7.6%","8.6%","9.2%","9.6%","9.7%","9.9%" "Source: Gartner Dataquest (September 2005)"