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Side Hustles Are Twice as Common as US Jobs Data Suggest, Survey Finds
- Nearly 10% of workers have side gigs in work-from-home survey
- Labor Department data put the share closer to 5% in January
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Side hustles are twice as prevalent as government data suggests, indicating that more Americans need to work multiple jobs to make ends meet amid historically high inflation.
Nearly 10% of workers reported having a main job plus at least one other side gig, according to the latest work-from-home survey conducted by economists including Stanford University’s Nicholas Bloom. By contrast, the January employment report showed 8 million, or about 5% of US workers had multiple jobs, according to the Labor Department.