This statistic illustrates the distribution of contingent workers in the United States in 2017, by age and gender. In that year, 15 percent of contingent workers age 25- to 34-years-old were male, compared to 9.6 percent of female contingent workers.
Distribution of contingent workers in the U.S. in 2017, by age and gender*
* The source defines contingent workers as persons who do not have a contract for ongoing employment. Figures represent workers, including the self-employed and independent contractors, who expect their employment to last for an additional year or less and who had worked at their jobs for one year or less.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 7, 2018). Distribution of contingent workers in the U.S. in 2017, by age and gender* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/918793/gig-economy-distribution-contingent-workers-age-gender/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Distribution of contingent workers in the U.S. in 2017, by age and gender*." Chart. June 7, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/918793/gig-economy-distribution-contingent-workers-age-gender/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2018). Distribution of contingent workers in the U.S. in 2017, by age and gender*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/918793/gig-economy-distribution-contingent-workers-age-gender/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Distribution of Contingent Workers in The U.S. in 2017, by Age and Gender*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/918793/gig-economy-distribution-contingent-workers-age-gender/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Distribution of contingent workers in the U.S. in 2017, by age and gender* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/918793/gig-economy-distribution-contingent-workers-age-gender/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Distribution of contingent workers in the U.S. in 2017, by age and gender* [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 7, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/918793/gig-economy-distribution-contingent-workers-age-gender/
