While remote or hybrid work is here to stay, those who come to the office full time have the opportunity to make more money, CNBC Make It reported.

Companies are offering an average $82,037 for in-person roles, almost 40 percent more than what these roles paid in 2023 ($59,085), according to ZipRecruiter, based on its job listings data from its platform and survey responses from more than 1,500 U.S. adults who started new jobs in 2023.

Wages for remote and hybrid jobs haven’t grown by nearly as much. As of March 2024, hybrid roles pay $59,992 on average, as opposed to $54,034 in 2023. Remote jobs paid an average of $69,107 in 2023, and they now pay $75,327.

Those who switched from a remote job to an in-office job last year received a 29.2 percent pay increase, nearly double that of those who left an in-person job to work remotely. Job switchers who leave one remote role for another were found to receive a 22.1 percent increase, while those who switch between in-office roles saw a 23.2 percent increase.

Johnny Bui, 25, left his remote consulting job in October 2023 for a hybrid position at the same level and is earning 33 percent more in his new role. 

“People have gotten used to working remotely since the start of the pandemic to the point where it’s become a habit, and habits are difficult to get rid of,” he said in an interview with CNBC. “At the same time, a lot of people are motivated monetarily, so I think higher pay is a smart incentive to get people back to the office. It at least sweetens the pot.”

Interest in remote work remains strong even as fewer employers offer it. Despite making up fewer than 10 percent of all job postings in the United States, remote jobs receive nearly half (46 percent) of all applications, according to recent research from LinkedIn. 

Ninety percent of companies plan to implement some type of return-to-office policy by the end of 2024, an August 2023 Resume Builder survey found. Nearly 30 percent said that their company will threaten to fire employees who don’t comply with in-office requirements.

Despite those mandates, 65 percent of employed job seekers said that they would prefer for their next job to be remote or hybrid. Among job seekers who quit their last job, 11 percent said they left in order to work remotely,.

“If employers can’t compete on flexibility, they’re having to compete more aggressively on pay,” said Julia Pollak, ZipRecruiter’s chief economist, in an interview with CNBC. “The hope is that better pay might be enough to draw people back to the office.” Better pay could also help to offset the cost of commuting, a top work perk demanded by employees, she added.