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On a full-time equivalent basis, the online platform economy is a small share of total employment
| (a) Uber | |
|---|---|
| Number of Uber drivers | ~1.9 million |
| Average hours per week | ~17 |
| Average weeks per year | ~13 |
| Average hourly compensation | $11.70 |
| All Uber drivers throughout year, as a share of total employment | 0.560% |
| Uber drivers, as a share of full-time, full-year employment | 0.070% |
| Uber compensation, as share total U.S. compensation | 0.022% |
| (b) Online platform economy as a whole, extrapolating from Uber | |
| Total online platform economy, as a share of total employment | 0.840%-1.120% |
| Total online platform economy, as a share of full-time, full-year employment | 0.105%-0.140% |
| Total online platform economy, as share total U.S. compensation | 0.033%-0.044% |
| Higher estimates of the size of the platform economy sometimes include people who engaged in platform or non-platform work, on a part-time or full-time basis, as a secondary or primary job, in the previous week or at any point in the course of the year. | |
Source: EPI updated analysis of calculations reported in Mishel (2018).
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