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- Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run” was the first of only two songs to win an Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy while being written, composed, and performed by a single artist. The other one is Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia” from Philadelphia (1993).
- Melanie Griffith’s up-swept hairdo as Tess McGill in her first business meeting with Jack Trainer is a direct homage to her mother Tippi Hedren’s hairdo in her most famous role: Melanie Daniels in The Birds (1963).
- In an interview celebrating the film’s 30th anniversary, Melanie Griffith revealed that she made a pass at co-star Alec Baldwin, and he declined her advances.
- In the 1998 The X-Files (1993) episode Chinga (1998), a ship named “Working Girl” can be seen. This directly references the movie, in which David Duchovny made his debut, and Scully’s situation: working during her holidays.
- Mike Nichols originally intended to use The Eagles song “Witchy Woman” over the opening credits.
- When Tess walks into the meeting the morning after she and Jack Trainer first meet, he is standing in front of a window that has the same pattern as the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), the spaceship Ford flew as Han Solo in the movie that launched his career.
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