What share of 18- to 29-year-olds have earned money through an online gig platform?
Answer30%
Among 30- to 49-year-olds it's 18%.
Source: Pew Research Center, The State of Gig Work in 2021 (2021) pewresearch.org
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Among current or recent gig workers, what share say gig work was their main job in the past year?
Answer31%
Among lower-income gig workers, 42% say it was their main job.
Source: Pew Research Center, The State of Gig Work in 2021 (2021) pewresearch.org
How many U.S. workers were independent contractors in their main job in July 2023?
Answer11.9 million (7.4% of total employment)
2.8 million were on-call workers, 1.7% of total employment.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangements — July 2023 (2023) bls.gov
What share of Mechanical Turk workers do tasks every day?
Answer63%
95% perform tasks more than once a week.
Source: Pew Research Center, Turkers in this canvassing: young, well-educated and frequent users (2016) pewresearch.org
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