United States - Self-employed

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in United States was 5.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 7.07 in 1994, while its lowest value was 5.08 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 6.79
1992 6.34
1993 6.34
1994 7.07
1995 6.96
1996 6.87
1997 6.76
1998 6.41
1999 6.18
2000 6.27
2001 6.20
2002 6.03
2003 6.12
2004 6.08
2005 5.93
2006 5.95
2007 5.83
2008 5.56
2009 5.64
2010 5.58
2011 5.50
2012 5.59
2013 5.57
2014 5.36
2015 5.26
2016 5.16
2017 5.28
2018 5.17
2019 5.08

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in United States was 6.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 10.83 in 1993, while its lowest value was 6.96 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 10.81
1992 10.61
1993 10.83
1994 10.23
1995 9.88
1996 9.75
1997 9.54
1998 9.23
1999 8.89
2000 8.64
2001 8.56
2002 8.48
2003 8.80
2004 8.84
2005 8.77
2006 8.63
2007 8.40
2008 8.27
2009 8.37
2010 8.33
2011 7.96
2012 7.75
2013 7.47
2014 7.37
2015 7.45
2016 7.43
2017 7.08
2018 7.23
2019 6.96

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in United States was 6.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 9.02 in 1991, while its lowest value was 6.09 in 2019.

Definition: Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include four sub-categories of employers, own-account workers, members of producers' cooperatives, and contributing family workers.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 9.02
1992 8.70
1993 8.82
1994 8.80
1995 8.56
1996 8.44
1997 8.28
1998 7.95
1999 7.66
2000 7.57
2001 7.48
2002 7.36
2003 7.57
2004 7.57
2005 7.47
2006 7.40
2007 7.22
2008 7.02
2009 7.09
2010 7.05
2011 6.82
2012 6.75
2013 6.60
2014 6.45
2015 6.44
2016 6.39
2017 6.25
2018 6.28
2019 6.09

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity