Archive for November 2015

In Silicon Valley, where thousands of contractors and freelancers are hired every week…private companies like MBO Partners are emerging to handle the benefits of contingent workers who work for many employers.

Our own research reinforces these findings. The MBO Partners 2015 State of Independence workforce study found that 6.4 million Americans report that they provide professional services to corporations on a contingent or contract basis. Of these, about 2 million report earning $75,000 or more last year.

Much more recent studies — one from MBO Partners, the other from the Freelancers Union and Upwork — suggest the current number of freelancers accounts for 19 percent and 34 percent of the U.S. workforce, respectively. Both sources have skin in the game, it should be noted — MBO Partners sells products and services to…

In the past five years, the independent workforce grew faster than the overall economy, according to MBO Partners’ 2015 State of Independence in America Report. The trend isn’t slowing, either: 71% of those who already work independently are doing so in addition to a full- or part-time job, and one in seven full-timers are considering…