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Do you think that you generally make more, about the same, or less per hour doing freelance or gig work as you could make at a traditional job?
Hourly pay in gig work versus a traditional job · Asked in 2 waves, 2021–2022 · 1,363 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | More per hour doing freelance or gig work | About the same | Less per hour doing freelance or gig work | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 33% | 27% | 41% | 652 | ±4 | |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Less than high school † |
| 40% |
| 41% |
| 19% |
| 23 |
| ±22 |
| High school | 37% | 19% | 44% | 86 | ±12 |
| Some college | 30% | 27% | 43% | 236 | ±7 |
| Bachelor's | 31% | 26% | 43% | 185 | ±8 |
| Postgraduate | 33% | 31% | 35% | 122 | ±9 |
SHED 2022 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.