Miami, FL – Miami is leading major U.S. cities in the return to office, according to new workplace traffic data showing employee visits are closer to pre-pandemic levels than in other large markets.
A Placer.ai analysis of 11 major metropolitan areas found Miami office visits during the first half of 2026 were 11.5% below the same period in 2019, the smallest gap among the cities studied.
Office traffic in Miami also increased 7.7% compared with the first half of 2025.
Nationwide, office visits rose 6% during the first six months of 2026 compared with a year earlier, but remained 31.2% below 2019 levels.
New York ranked second in the recovery, with office visits 15.8% below 2019. Dallas was down 24.9%, while Atlanta remained 28.9% below its pre-pandemic level.
Denver had the largest gap among the markets examined, with traffic 44.6% below 2019.
West Coast cities posted some of the strongest annual growth. Los Angeles office visits increased 13% from the first half of 2025, while San Francisco rose 10.9%.
Miami also ranked among the strongest cities for Friday office attendance.
About 14.9% of its weekday office visits occurred on Fridays, tying Dallas for the highest share in the study.
Commercial real estate data also showed continued activity in Miami.
CBRE reported 344,000 square feet of positive net office absorption in the second quarter of 2026, with a 14.9% vacancy rate and average asking rents of $68.60 per square foot.
Despite the gains, Miami office attendance still remains below its 2019 pre-pandemic level.