queenschamber.org THIS IS QUEENSBOROUGH 6 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Why do you freelance? Be flexible Control my own schedule Be my own boss Do what I love Balance my own work and life Why do you freelance? ■ % of respondents who said these considarations were "important" or "extremely important" to them. % of who said these considerations were "important" or "extremely important" to them" Freedom and flexibility are the primary reasons why the vast majority of freelancers choose to do so. As illustrated in the graph above, over three-quarters of freelancers surveyed cited the ability to “be flexible” and being able to “control my own schedule” as important or very important considerations to them. Freelancers Union online survey of 1,186 freelancers, conducted by Emergent Research, May 2014 2-3 GIGS 52% 4-5 GIGS 25% 1 GIG 13% 6+ GIGS 10% How many different sources of income do you have each month? The pie chart on the left breaks out the number of different sources of income that freelancers have in a typical month. Unlike traditional, on-staff employees, nearly 9 out of 10 freelancers generate income from more than one source of work (87%). Working two to three gigs per month is by far the most common (52%), with just over one-third (35%) having four or more different sources of income per month. Freelancers Union online survey of 1,186 freelancers, conducted by Emergent Research, May 2014
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