How Americans work in freelancing
'14.12.2018'
Source: Merchant
Employees of the portal Hyperwallet have compiled a generalized portrait of an American who has chosen to work outside the office. According to their version, young and educated women are increasingly fulfilling orders for the remote. About 88% of respondents have at least one higher education, and 58% - no older than 35 years.
Such data could surprise American employers, who do not always know who executes their orders. Every third worker in freelance in the United States uses a pseudonym, without disclosing their data, in particular, gender, writes Merchant.
About 72% do this, just to preserve anonymity, 14% want to increase revenues in this way, and 14% want to avoid sexist and offensive comments.
Among the most popular reasons for entering freelance were the possibility of flexible graphics and the lack of office stress (32%), time to care for loved ones (28%) and just the desire to change something in a career (23%).
It is curious that, moving to a free schedule and part-time, American women often hope to increase their income. About 86% believe that remote orders will provide them with earnings equal to the income of men (working in the office, only 41% of respondents are waiting for this).
In practice, reality and hope diverge.
For 63% of female freelancers, working at a remote place is the main source of income, but at the same time 62% earn less than $ 10 thousand per year. While the average annual salary in the United States, according to the OECD at 2017 year, is $ 60,5 th.
