Nearly one-third of the U.S. workforce – that’s 42 million workers – are considered independent workers and this number is growing rapidly.
53 million people in America are freelancers (33 % of working population)
By 2020, more than 50 % of the American working population is estimated to be freelancers
In Europe, the number of freelancers increased from under 6.2 million in 2004 to 8.9 million in 2013
In the UK, the Professional Contractors Group estimates there are already 1.4 million British freelancers working across all sectors.
Independent workers were the fastest growing segment in the European labor market from 2004-2013
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