Overall, it's clear that freelancing is playing a remarkably positive role for modern workers. Whether these professionals are looking for supplemental income, control of their work-life balance, or projects that fuel their passions, the on-demand economy is enabling democratized access to these opportunities. And thus, a new generation of professional is taking shape among America's workforce.

Methodology

*The results of this analysis represent the world seen through the lens of data collected via a LinkedIn ProFinder survey. As such, it is influenced by how members chose to respond to survey questions, which can vary based on professional, social, and regional culture, as well as overall survey availability and accessibility. These variances were not accounted for in the analysis. The survey was distributed to ~53,000 active ProFinder professionals. This final analysis is comprised of data submitted from 9,589 of these LinkedIn ProFinder members.

** The results of this analysis were obtained via a survey of 6,247 gig economy workers, completed between September 20th and November 18st, 2016. The survey respondents came from Intuit's partner company provider lists including: Upwork, Wonolo, MBO Partners, OnForce, Work Market, Catalant, Field Nation, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Kelly Services, Lyft, Avvo and Task Rabbit.

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