In 2020, there were 59 million people doing freelance work in the United States. This is an increase from 2014, when there were about 53 million people freelancing. The number of freelancers in the U.S. has been increasing since 2014.
Number of freelance workers in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in millions)
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Statistics on U.S. employment
Overview
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- Basic Statistic USA - employment rate 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of full-time employees in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of part-time employees in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of employees November 2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Wage and salary workers in the U.S.: hourly earnings 1979-2020
Demographics
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- Basic Statistic Employment rate of men in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Employment rate - women in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. employment rate 2000-2021, by age
- Basic Statistic U.S. employment rate in 2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Employment rate of persons with a disability U.S. 2009-2021
- Basic Statistic Employment rate of persons with a disability U.S. 2021, by race
- Premium Statistic Employment of native and foreign born workers by occupation U.S. 2020
Types of employment
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- Basic Statistic U.S.- employment by industry 2021
- Basic Statistic Part-time employed men - number in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Part-time employed women - number in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Full-time employed men - number in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Full-time employed women - number in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of people working independently in the U.S. 2017-2021, by frequency
- Premium Statistic Share of adults with contingent work U.S. 2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of people freelancing in U.S. 2014-2020
Wages and employer costs
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- Basic Statistic Minimum wages in the United States, by state 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. average annual real wages 2000-2020
- Premium Statistic Median weekly earnings of full time wage and salary workers U.S. 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. largest occupations: annual mean wages 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. employer costs for employee compensation 2022, by ownership
- Basic Statistic U.S. employer costs for private industry worker compensation 2022, by industry group
- Basic Statistic U.S. employer costs for private industry worker compensation 2022, by union status
Outlook
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- Basic Statistic Projected U.S. employment change by major occupational groups 2020-2030
- Basic Statistic Occupations with the largest projected employment growth in the U.S. 2020-2030
- Premium Statistic Projected employment decline in the U.S. by occupation 2020-2030
- Premium Statistic Number of freelancers in the U.S. 2017-2028
- Premium Statistic Gig economy projected gross volume 2018-2023
Further related statistics
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- Main sources U.S. freelancers used to find work 2020
- Income change of U.S. freelancers for the coming year in 2016
- U.S. freelancers, by racial background 2022
- U.S. share of freelance workers by industry 2021
- Share of people freelancing by employment status U.S. 2014-2020
- Increase in freelancers finding work online U.S. 2019
- Average hourly rates of freelancers in the Netherlands 2020-2021, by province
- Top 10 most important benefits to freelancers in U.S. as of 2016
- Average hourly rates of freelancers in the Netherlands 2020-2021, by branch
- U.S. freelancers' last skill related training 2020
- Economically inactive population in Sweden 2011-2021
- Average hourly rates of freelancers in the Netherlands 2010-2021
- Average quarterly earnings for freelancers in the United Kingdom 2017-2018
- Fertility rate in Victoria Australia 2010-2021
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population Australia 2016 by gender
- Colombia: largest cities by population 2020
- Largest cities in Serbia in 2011
- Population growth rate in Spain 2014-2015, by autonomous community
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Statistics
- Main sources U.S. freelancers used to find work 2020
- Income change of U.S. freelancers for the coming year in 2016
- U.S. freelancers, by racial background 2022
- U.S. share of freelance workers by industry 2021
- Share of people freelancing by employment status U.S. 2014-2020
- Increase in freelancers finding work online U.S. 2019
- Average hourly rates of freelancers in the Netherlands 2020-2021, by province
- Top 10 most important benefits to freelancers in U.S. as of 2016
- Average hourly rates of freelancers in the Netherlands 2020-2021, by branch
- U.S. freelancers' last skill related training 2020
- Economically inactive population in Sweden 2011-2021
- Average hourly rates of freelancers in the Netherlands 2010-2021
- Average quarterly earnings for freelancers in the United Kingdom 2017-2018
- Fertility rate in Victoria Australia 2010-2021
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population Australia 2016 by gender
- Colombia: largest cities by population 2020
- Largest cities in Serbia in 2011
- Population growth rate in Spain 2014-2015, by autonomous community
Upwork. (September 15, 2020). Number of freelance workers in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/685468/amount-of-people-freelancing-us/
Upwork. "Number of freelance workers in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in millions)." Chart. September 15, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685468/amount-of-people-freelancing-us/
Upwork. (2020). Number of freelance workers in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685468/amount-of-people-freelancing-us/
Upwork. "Number of Freelance Workers in The United States from 2014 to 2020 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/685468/amount-of-people-freelancing-us/
Upwork, Number of freelance workers in the United States from 2014 to 2020 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/685468/amount-of-people-freelancing-us/ (last visited December 26, 2022)





