Retirement savings among gig economy workers U.S. 2018

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Abigail Tierney,
Aug 12, 2024
This statistic shows the accumulated retirement savings among gig economy workers in the United States in 2018. During the survey, 27 percent of gig economy workers whose gig job is their main job reported having no retirement savings, compared to 12 percent of respondents who had both a full-time job with a side gig.

Accumulated retirement savings among gig economy workers in the U.S. in 2018, by type

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Release date

May 2018

Region

United States

Survey time period

February 1-7, 2018

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

25 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The sample size includes 500 respondents with a full-time job as a primary source of income and with an income from a job in the gig economy and the other 500 rely only on gig economy jobs as their main source of income.

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