America's paychecks are surging - but ONLY if you return to the office! Companies are paying $22,000 more for in-office workers than 'hybrid' employees

Americans prepared to work in an office rather than from home or in hybrid role will earn more money, new data suggests. 

The average salary advertised for in-office workers has risen 33 percent to $82,037 compared to a year ago, research by ZipRecruiter found. 

By comparison, the average wage of a 'hybrid' employee is just $59,992 - a difference of $22,000. 

Experts say those firms that want staff onsite have to pay them more - to make up for them giving up the comfort of working from home, plus to cover the extra time and cost of commuting. 

Julia Pollak, chief economist based at ZipRecruiter, told the BBC: 'Employers who cannot compete on flexibility will have to compete more aggressively on pay.'

US firms are paying a premium for employees who will work in the office full-time, new data shows

The average salary advertised for in-office workers has shot up 33 percent to $82,037 compared to last year, research by ZipRecruiter found

By comparison, the average wage of a 'hybrid' employee is just $59,992 - a difference of $22,000

Interestingly, the data shows that hybrid workers were penalized more than fully remote employees who can expect to earn $75,327 per year on average. 

Several major corporations including Boeing, UPS and JPMorgan Chase have already made it mandatory for workers to attend the office five days a week.

However, many are struggling to get their colleagues back into the workplace. As of January 2024, 29 percent of all paid workdays were done so remotely, according to ZipRecruiter data seen by DailyMail.com.

Workers who swapped fully remote work to in-office jobs in 2023 received a 29.2 percent pay bump in 2023.

Pollak added: 'The conclusion is that people demand higher pay increases for fully in-office jobs.

'An employer offering flexibility can negotiate the overall compensation package with non-monetary incentives, while an employer wanting teams on-site five days a week can only offer financial terms – a dollar value is placed on time spent in the office.'

Working from home has emerged as a prominent culture war since lockdown forced millions of employees to shift their office set-ups overnight.

Wall Street stalwart Jamie Dimon has been one of the biggest critics of the phenomenon.

Last year, he told The Economist he did not see how managers could work from home, adding: 'I don't know how you can be a leader and not be completely accessible to your people.'

Wall Street stalwart Jamie Dimon (pictured) has been one of the biggest critics of working from home

In April, a memo circulated JPMorgan Chase ordering all senior bankers to return to the office five days a week

In April, a memo circulated JPMorgan Chase ordering all senior bankers to return to the office five days a week. 

Other bank CEOs have been similarly disparaging about the trend.

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gormon said remote work is 'not an employee choice' while Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon called it an 'aberration.'

According to ZipRecruiter's data, 84.7 percent of all job postings are for in-person roles. Some 3.1 percent are for hybrid roles while 12.2 percent is for fully remote work.

A recent survey found that Colorado had the highest proportion of people still working from home of any US state. 

Some 38.3 percent of households in the Centennial State reported having someone working from home at least once a week.

Across the US, seven states - and Washington DC - have a work from home rate which is more than 33 percent. 

However, employees in Wyoming are working from home the least. Only 12.9 percent of households had someone who worked from home in the last week in the state - where the main industries include mining, agriculture and manufacturing.

 It comes after separate data found more than two-thirds of the fastest-growing professions didn't exist at all twenty years ago.