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Three-in-Ten U.S. Jobs Are Held by the Self-Employed and the Workers They Hire
U.S.-Born Self-Employed Workers Have More Paid Employees on Average
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- Three-in-Ten U.S. Jobs Are Held by the Self-Employed and the Workers They Hire
- Three-in-Ten U.S. Jobs Are Held by the Self-Employed and the Workers They Hire
- The Self-Employment Rate in the U.S., 1990 to 2014
- Share of Industry Employment Held by the Self-Employed and the Workers They Hire
- Immigrants More Inclined to Self-Employment Than the U.S. Born
- Among Self-Employed, the Incorporated, Asians and Men Are Most Likely to Create Jobs
- Jobs Provided by Self-Employed, 2014
- Job Creation by the Incorporated and by Men Greatly Exceeds Their Share in Self-Employment in 2014
- Self-Employed Workers Typically Had Few Employees in 2014
- A Few Self-Employed Workers Account for the Majority of Hiring
- Self-Employment Rate Is Highest in Agriculture and Construction, Share Hiring Is Highest in Manufacturing
- Most Employment in Agriculture and Construction Is Held by the Self-Employed and the Workers They Hire
- Men More Likely Than Women to Be Self-Employed
- Self-Employed Men More Likely to Hire Workers
- Self-Employed Men Had Four Times as Many Employees as Women in 2014
- The Self-Employment Rate and the Employment Distribution of Men and Women, by Industry, 2014
- Whites and Asians More Likely to Be Self-Employed and to Be Incorporated
- Self-Employment Rate by Race, Ethnicity and Industry
- Self-Employed Asians and Whites More Likely to Hire Workers
- Whites Account for Most of the Hiring by Self-Employed Workers
- The Self-Employment Rate Is Slightly Higher Among Immigrants
- Self-Employment Among the U.S. Born and Immigrants, by Race and Ethnicity
- Self-Employment Rate Among the U.S. Born and Immigrants, by Industry
- Self-Employed Immigrant Asians Most Likely to Hire Workers
- U.S.-Born Self-Employed Workers Have More Paid Employees on Average
- Self-Employed Asians and Whites More Likely to Hire Workers