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February 22, 2021
59m Americans Working In The Gig Economy (36% Of The Entire Workforce) & 30% Of The EU Workforce Of Are Gig Economy Workers

A collection of Gig Economy stats from some great sources and highlights include :

44% Of Gig Economy Workers have their Gig Economy work as their primary source of income

53% Of Gig Workers are between 18 to 34 and have this as their primary source of income

55% Of Gig Economy workers also have a primary job

64% Of Millennial Full time workers are interested in a side hustle (gig economy work)

40% Of The American workforce make at least 40% of their income via gig economy work

30% Of The Workforce in the largest 15 EU countries are in the gig economy

58% Of Workers whose primary source of income is gig work would have difficulty handling an unexpected $400 expense

80% Of Gig workers whose primary source of income is gig work would have difficulty handling an unexpected $1,000 expense

63% Of Full time freelancers dip into savings once per month vs. 20% of full-time non-freelancers

Uber drivers earn the equivalent of $9.21 in hourly wage

70% of drivers work for both Uber and Lyft

An incredible series article from

1) Maciej Duszyński and you can find the full posting here : https://zety.com/blog/gig-economy-statistics

2) Damjan Jugović Spajić and you can find his research here : https://www.smallbizgenius.net/by-the-numbers/gig-economy-statistics/

3) I. Mitic and you can find his research here : https://fortunly.com/statistics/gig-economy-statistics

The source material is from incredibly reputable firms including : McKinsey, Pymts.com, Deloitee, JPMorgan Chase, Intuit, Upwork, Economic Policy Institute,

59m Americans Working In The Gig Economy (36% Of The Entire Workforce) & 30% Of The EU Workforce Of Are Gig Economy Workers

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