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August/September 2019  Volume 17, Number 4        
 

This Just In ...

National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) released its briefing for the second quarter of 2019. The report examines work arrangements that go beyond traditional wage and salary employment, paying particular attention to the kind of short-term work arrangements that comprise the so-called "gig economy."

"This quarter, we looked at the trends in nontraditional jobs and how they are changing the landscape of employment," said Bill Donnell, president and CEO of NCCI.

"We found the numbers of those engaging in these nontraditional jobs as their primary job is not increasing, but many people do nontraditional work as a secondary source of income," said Patrick Coate, co-author of the paper and an NCCI economist. "We also took a special look at electronically mediated work, which is small but growing, and receiving a lot of legislative and regulatory attention."

Here are some key takeaways:

  • The proportion of self-employment and nontraditional work arrangements have not increased in the last 15 years with respect to primary employment.
  • There are about 15 million people in the United States in alternative work arrangements as their primary job, but as many as 30 percent of US adults do some informal work.
  • The number of Americans doing electronically mediated work has tripled in the past five years, but income from this work still accounts for less than 1 percent of total income.

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