(Bloomberg) -- Companies in the greater New York City area have had the least success among major U.S. regions bringing employees back to the office, according to a provider of access-control systems.
By contrast, employers in major Texas cities have brought the most workers back, according to the report from Kastle Systems International LLC.
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The Kastle Return to Work Barometer tabulates key-card and fob office access data from 3,600 buildings and 41,000 businesses in 47 states. The data from 10 large U.S. metro areas are compiled to create a 10-city average.
Only about a quarter of workers among all 10 cities returned to the office last week. The gauge fell from 27.1% on Oct. 28 to 25.1% on Nov. 4, the lowest since early September.
In New York City, only 13.1% of workers were back in the office during that week.
The steepest decline in the latest week was in the Chicago area, where the building occupancy rate fell to 16.2%. Dallas remained the most open city in the barometer with about 41% of workers in the office.
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