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Last week, the overall office occupancy rate across 10 major cities in the United States reached its highest point since the pandemic arrived, according to one measurement, suggesting more workers are returning to the office amid improving conditions in the workplace.

Occupancy rose more than 4 percentage points to 47.5% during the week of Sept. 8 to Sept. 14, according to the 10-city Back to Work Barometer released each week by Kastle Systems, which provides property technology solutions.

The barometer is based on results from Kastle's tracking of keycard, fob and KastlePresence app access data at properties where its solutions are used. Cities covered in the report include Austin, Houston, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, San Jose and Washington, D.C.

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