A survey conducted in 2021 found that 16 percent of Americans had earned money from online gig platforms. Among those Americans, seven percent had earned money making deliveries from a restaurant or store for a delivery app.
Share of Americans who have earned money through gig platform work 2021, by type of work
% of U.S. adults who say they have ever earned money by...
The source defines gig platform work as earning money by using a mobile app or website to find jobs that directly connect workers with people who want to hire them, or by using a personal vehicle to deliver packages to others.
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Pew Research Center. (December 8, 2021). Share of Americans who have earned money through gig platform work 2021, by type of work [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345778/gig-platform-work-type-work-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Americans who have earned money through gig platform work 2021, by type of work." Chart. December 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345778/gig-platform-work-type-work-us/
Pew Research Center. (2021). Share of Americans who have earned money through gig platform work 2021, by type of work. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345778/gig-platform-work-type-work-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Americans Who Have Earned Money through Gig Platform Work 2021, by Type of Work." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345778/gig-platform-work-type-work-us/
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Share of Americans who have earned money through gig platform work 2021, by type of work [Graph], Pew Research Center, December 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1345778/gig-platform-work-type-work-us/
