The median of these three data points—Upwork, Freelancer Union, McKinsey—is 5,400,000 <\/strong>freelance developers working in an IT related field and the average is 6,560,000 <\/strong>freelance developers. Thus, the number of freelance developers is between 5 and 7 million<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n To come up with an exact answer on how many freelance developers there are in the US, I decided to use several independent data sources and aggregate the results. Here are the different sources used to estimate the number of freelancers in the United States.<\/p>\n Upwork<\/strong><\/p>\n Freelancer Union Report<\/strong><\/p>\n McKinsey Report “Independent Work”<\/strong><\/p>\n Here are our estimations for the number of freelancers based on three independent data sources:<\/p>\n The median of these three data points is 5,400,000 <\/strong>freelance developers working in an IT related field. <\/p>\n The average of these three data points is 6,560,000 <\/strong>freelance developers working in an IT related field. <\/p>\n Do you want to become one of them? As it turns out, freelance developing is a profitable niche where average workers earn six figures and beyond! Check out the following resources:<\/p>\n Enough theory, let\u2019s get some practice!<\/p>\n To become successful in coding, you need to get out there and solve real problems for real people. That\u2019s how you can become a six-figure earner easily. And that\u2019s how you polish the skills you really need in practice. After all, what\u2019s the use of learning theory that nobody ever needs?<\/p>\n Practice projects is how you sharpen your saw in coding!<\/strong><\/p>\n Do you want to become a code master by focusing on practical code projects that actually earn you money and solve problems for people?<\/p>\n Then become a Python freelance developer! It\u2019s the best way of approaching the task of improving your Python skills\u2014even if you are a complete beginner.<\/p>\n Join my free webinar \u201cHow to Build Your High-Income Skill Python\u201d<\/a> and watch how I grew my coding business online and how you can, too\u2014from the comfort of your own home.<\/p>\n Join the free webinar now!<\/a><\/p>\n The post How Many Freelance Developers Are There in the US?<\/a> first appeared on Finxter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How many freelance developers are there in the US? There’s no official and precise answer. However, based on three credible sources—Upwork, Freelancer Union, McKinsey—I calculated an estimation stemming from each source. Here are our estimations for the number of freelancers based on three independent data sources: Upwork Data: 12,500,000 freelance developers in the IT sector. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[857],"tags":[73,468,528],"class_list":["post-120105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-python-tut","tag-programming","tag-python","tag-tutorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Methodology<\/h2>\n
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