Table 7
Estimated number of online labor platform workers in Louisville, Kentucky, 2016
| Number of individual income tax returns | Number of online labor platform workers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Low estimate | Higher estimate | ||
| Louisville | 373,690 | 3,822 | 7,527 |
Note: Since data for Louisville was not included in Collins et al., we use nearby cities (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Memphis) to get a range of estimates. Of that group, Memphis had the lowest share of gig workers (1.0%) and Columbus had the highest (2.0%). All estimates are likely an undercount, since the number of tax returns does not include non-filers, who were included in the Collins et al. estimates.
Source: EPI analysis of Collins et al. 2019 and Internal Tax Revenue (IRS) Statistics of Income county data, retrieved from https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-county-data-2016, August 3, 2020.