A new study finds that 4.2% of adults earned income from the sharing economy at some point in three years. But the Uber driver, seemingly the face of the gig economy, was not the most common participant.
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The share of Americans earning income from digital platforms such as Uber and Airbnb is growing rapidly, but those gigs typically supplement incomes rather than replace full-time work.
Nearly 1% of U.S. adults earned income in September 2015 via one of the growing number of firms that are part of the sharing or gig economy, according to a study of bank transactions by Read More

Source:: wsj