36% of the US workforce? Stopped reading right there. My experience as an employer tells me they are not entirely trustworthy and that kind of absurd claim confirms it IMHO.
> Freelancers constituted 36 percent of the US workforce in 2021, according to Upwork
The stat seems plausible if you replace "freelancer" with "independent contractors". Although some quick googling surfaces stats closer to 10-20% for the percent of workers who are contractors.
(The majority of these contract jobs aren't ones you would find on Upwork, though)
