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=== Upwork Survey 2022 === | |||
''Upwork's 2022 Freelance Forward survey, a representative study of 3,000 professionals.''<ref>https://www.upwork.com/research/freelance-forward-2022</ref> | |||
* Freelancers contributed $1.35 trillion to the U.S. economy in annual earnings in 2022, up $50 billion from 2021. | |||
* The share of professionals freelancing increased to 60 million Americans, up three percentage points from 2021 to 39%. | |||
* Nearly three-quarters of freelancers (73%) say that perceptions of freelancing as a career are becoming more positive, up from 68% in 2021. | |||
* In 2022, 43% of all Gen Z professionals and 46% of all Millennial professionals performed freelance work. | |||
* 17% of U.S. workers are now diversified, meaning they seek multiple sources of income from a mix of traditional employment and freelance work, up three percentage points from 2021. | |||
* 26% of all U.S. freelancers hold a postgraduate degree, up from 20% in 2021. | |||
=== Aspire Survey === | === Aspire Survey === | ||