When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Self-employed workers need to pay Social Security taxes. But those workers also have access to several deductions. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...

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New research shows that 44 million workers—or 28.2%—were self-employed at some point during a given week in 2019. 14% of workers said being an independent contractor was their primary job. Gallup ...

The Great Resignation may be creating a tax headache for a lot of people. Last year more than 47 million people quit their jobs. In the same year, a record 5.4 million new business applications were ...

This fact sheet explores the size, demographics, and key features of the self-employed population in the United States. Andrea R. Lacy, owner of Luv's Brownies, places fudge on a brownie sundae at her ...