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Call it the Uber effect.
The number of self-employed US workers in the taxi and limousine services industry, which includes ridesharing, surged 46 per cent in 2016 to more than 700,000, said a Census Bureau report on Thursday. The government defines so-called “nonemployer establishments” as businesses without paid employees that have annual receipts of at least $1,000.
Nationally, the number of these businesses rose two per cent in 2016 to 24.8 million across all industries.
The figures follow a Labor Department report released earlier this month that showed a smaller share of US employees on alternative work
The number of self-employed US workers in the taxi and limousine services industry, which includes ridesharing, surged 46 per cent in 2016 to more than 700,000, said a Census Bureau report on Thursday. The government defines so-called “nonemployer establishments” as businesses without paid employees that have annual receipts of at least $1,000.
Nationally, the number of these businesses rose two per cent in 2016 to 24.8 million across all industries.
The figures follow a Labor Department report released earlier this month that showed a smaller share of US employees on alternative work
