- 61% of freelancers specialize in 2 to 3 talents.
- 48% of the female freelancers make less than $25,000 a year while men are 4.5X more likely to earn over $150,000 than women.
- 77% of freelancers state that they are now financially stable since ditching their day jobs to go freelance.
- 43% of the workforce will be freelancers by 2020.
- 41% of freelancers plan on freelancing forever.
- 45% of the freelancers feel more secure about their independent employment.
- 63% of freelancers in the US choose a work-from-home career over traditional jobs.
- Freelance coders and software developers earn up to $1,000 per hour.
- Freelance copywriters earn over $250 per hour.
- Freelance graphic designers earn more than $85 per hour on major freelance sites such as UpWork and PeoplePerHour.
- 80% of workers in the freelance economy use social media as a means of finding work.
- 41% of workers download applications to use for work purposes.
- 32% of Millennials expect to be working “mainly flexible hours” in the future.
- Artificial intelligence, Instagram marketing, Machine learning, and Brand strategy were listed as the most demanded skills in 2017.
- Robotics, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Instagram marketing, Augmented reality, jQuery development, and HubSpot marketing were among the top 20 fastest growing skills in 2017.
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