This statistic shows the number of freelancers in the United States from 2017 to 2028. It is projected that in 2027, 86.5 million people will be freelancing in the United States and will make up 50.9 percent of the total U.S. workforce.
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Growth projections assume that the growth rates for freelancers in the U.S. and U.S. workers overall between 2016 and 2017 stay constant (4.2% and 0.6% respectively). If these growth rates hold constant, it is projected that the majority of the U.S. workforce will be freelancing in 2027.
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Upwork. (September 28, 2017). Number of freelancers in the United States from 2017 to 2028 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/921593/gig-economy-number-of-freelancers-us/
Upwork. "Number of freelancers in the United States from 2017 to 2028 (in millions)." Chart. September 28, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/921593/gig-economy-number-of-freelancers-us/
Upwork. (2017). Number of freelancers in the United States from 2017 to 2028 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/921593/gig-economy-number-of-freelancers-us/
Upwork. "Number of Freelancers in The United States from 2017 to 2028 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Sep 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/921593/gig-economy-number-of-freelancers-us/
Upwork, Number of freelancers in the United States from 2017 to 2028 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/921593/gig-economy-number-of-freelancers-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Number of freelancers in the United States from 2017 to 2028 (in millions) [Graph], Upwork, September 28, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/921593/gig-economy-number-of-freelancers-us/