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Pew Research CenterNovember 30, 2021
1. Americans’ experiences earning money through online gig platforms

A majority of gig platform workers think of themselves as independent contractors, with some modest differences by age, political party and recency of work

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A majority of gig platform workers think of themselves as independent contractors, with some modest differences by age, political party and recency of work

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1. Americans’ experiences earning money through online gig platforms
16% of Americans have ever earned money on online gig platforms
Three-in-ten Hispanic adults and roughly one-in-five Black or Asian adults have ever earned money as gig platform workers
Hispanic adults are more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to have earned money making app deliveries from a restaurant or store, as are 18- to 29-year-olds compared with those 30 and older
Roughly half of non-White gig platform workers have earned money doing multiple types of gig platform jobs
About one-in-five 18- to 29-year-olds have earned money through online gig platforms in the past 12 months
31% of gig platform workers who have earned money this way in the past year say it’s been their main job during this time … and about one-in-ten say they have typically spent more than 30 hours a week doing these jobs in the past 12 months
A majority of gig platform workers think of themselves as independent contractors, with some modest differences by age, political party and recency of work

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