About 1 in 5 Americans do gig work, including selling items, offering rentals, or short-term tasks. Of those gig workers, how many say it's their main job?

Answer: 21% of gig workers reported it was their main job.

Questions:

• What are some potential benefits of gig work?
• Income from gig work tends to vary month-to-month. How might that impact someone’s budget, savings, or future plans?
• Would you consider gig work? Why or why not?

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Behind the numbers (Federal Reserve):

"Gig activities were not typically full-time jobs. Ninety-six percent of people who did gig activities said they usually spent less than 35 hours per week doing them and 70 percent spent less than 5 hours per week on them.

Additionally, relatively few people who did gig activities considered them to be their main job. In the survey people answer questions about traditional employment that they did for “pay or profit” before they are asked about gig activities. Only 21 percent of people who did these activities reported gig activities as their main job."

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Play The Uber Game with your students to see if they can make it in the gig economy!

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Kathryn Dawson

Kathryn (she/her) is excited to join the NGPF team after 9 years of experience in education as a mentor, tutor, and special education teacher. She is a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in policy analysis and management and has a master's degree in education from Brooklyn College. Kathryn is looking forward to bringing her passion for accessibility and educational justice into curriculum design at NGPF. During her free time, Kathryn loves embarking on cooking projects, walking around her Seattle neighborhood with her dog, or lounging in a hammock with a book.