Number: RL32387
Title: Self-Employment as a Contributor to Job Growth and as an Alternative Work Arrangement
Authors: Linda Levine, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Self-employment is the primary alternative to the leading type of employee-employer relationship in the United States, which is an employer paying a wage or salary to an employee. In 2003, according to data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), the self-employed numbered a little over 9.3 million. They accounted for fewer than 7% of all employed persons in nonfarm industries. Wage and salary workers, at 126.0 million, represented more than 9 of every 10 employed persons in the nonfarm sector of the economy.
Pages: 17
Date: September 14, 2004