A survey conducted in 2021, found that thirty percent of polled Hispanic adults have earned money from gig-platform work. White individuals were the least likely to have worked through a gig platform.
Americans who have earned money doing gig platform work in the United States in 2021, by race
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Statistics on Gig economy in the U.S.
Overview
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- Premium Statistic U.S. share of freelance workers by industry 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of people working independently in the U.S. 2017-2021, by frequency
- Premium Statistic Gig economy projected gross volume 2018-2023
- Premium Statistic Highest paying gig economy jobs by earnings per hour U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults leading reasons for taking on gig platform work 2021
Demographics
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- Premium Statistic U.S. freelance workforce distribution 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of freelancers in the U.S. 2017-2028
- Basic Statistic U.S. freelance workers 2021, by level of education
- Premium Statistic U.S. gig platform workers 2021, by age
- Premium Statistic U.S. gig platform workers 2021, by race
- Premium Statistic U.S. gig platform workers 2021, by gender
Income & earnings
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- Premium Statistic U.S. adults who earned money through gig platform work 2021, by type of work
- Premium Statistic Typical payment structure of people freelancing in the U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Wage comparison of freelancing to employer jobs in the U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Share of high-earning independent workers in U.S. 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of gig workers whose emergency savings would not last one month U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults who say gig platform work is important for meeting basic needs 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. gender pay gap of freelance workers 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. gender pay gap of freelance workers 2022, by selected roles
Benefits
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- Premium Statistic Access to employer benefits among full-time employees and gig workers in U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Access to employer-based benefits in the gig economy in the U.S. by generation 2018
- Premium Statistic Access to employer-sponsored retirement among full-time and gig workers U.S. 2018
- Premium Statistic Retirement savings among gig economy workers U.S. 2018
- Basic Statistic Health insurance attainment methods of freelancers U.S. 2019
Motivations and job satisfaction
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- Basic Statistic Main reasons for independent work in U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Reasons for choosing independent work in the U.S. by gender 2020
- Premium Statistic Satisfaction of gig economy workers with independent work U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of full-time independent workers who prefer a traditional job U.S. 2012-2020
- Premium Statistic Salary requirements of freelancers to return to a traditional job U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Leading concerns of people freelancing in the U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. gig worker perception on the fairness of platforms 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. gig workers experiencing unwanted sexual advances 2021, by gender
Further related statistics
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- Forecasted gig economy market size South Korea 2021-2026, by job-matching cases
- Popularity of gig economy in Chile 2022, by segment and employment status
- Share of online users engaged in gig economy in Chile 2022, by employment status
- Popularity of gig economy sales channels in Chile 2022, by employment status
- Satisfaction of gig economy workers with independent work U.S. 2021
- Share of adults with contingent work U.S. 2021, by ethnicity
- Job satisfaction of gig workers South Korea 2022
- Distribution of gig economy workers South Korea 2021, by contract type
- Financial reasons for working in the gig economy in the U.S. by ethnicity 2018
- U.S. wage and salary workers: weekly earnings by gender and ethnicity 2022
- Netflix: ethnicity distribution of employees in the U.S. 2019-2021
- Employee distribution of The Economist newspapers worldwide 2021-2022, by ethnicity
- Employee distribution of The Economist Group worldwide 2021-2022, by ethnicity
- U.S. unemployment rate, by ethnicity 2021
- Global energy sector workforce breakdown by gender and ethnicity 2022
- U.S. employment rate in 2021, by ethnicity
- Number of unemployed in the U.S. in 2021, by ethnicity
- Number of employed in the U.S. in 2021, by ethnicity
- Unemployment rate in brazil Q4 2021, by ethnicity
- Number of workplace homicide victims U.S. 2019, by race and ethnicity
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Pew Research Center. (December 8, 2021). Americans who have earned money doing gig platform work in the United States in 2021, by race [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 09, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346950/gig-platform-workers-race-us/
Pew Research Center. "Americans who have earned money doing gig platform work in the United States in 2021, by race." Chart. December 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346950/gig-platform-workers-race-us/
Pew Research Center. (2021). Americans who have earned money doing gig platform work in the United States in 2021, by race. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 09, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346950/gig-platform-workers-race-us/
Pew Research Center. "Americans Who Have Earned Money Doing Gig Platform Work in The United States in 2021, by Race." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346950/gig-platform-workers-race-us/
Pew Research Center, Americans who have earned money doing gig platform work in the United States in 2021, by race Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346950/gig-platform-workers-race-us/ (last visited February 09, 2023)
Americans who have earned money doing gig platform work in the United States in 2021, by race [Graph], Pew Research Center, December 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1346950/gig-platform-workers-race-us/