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Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p> <blockquote> </figure> <p>Drill down a bit, and our research found that 23% of consumers overall had side jobs, and 30% of these consumers with issues paying their bills have embraced additional employment. The extra income runs into the billions of dollars, as seen in the chart below, where tips and gratuities run nearly $12 billion. Informal tasks might conceivably fall within the confines of gig economy work, too — one-off jobs that might be found through online platforms and sites that match supply and demand, though not on a dedicated, hourly setup.</p> <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2"> <div class="col col-md-11 col-12"> <div class="callout mb-5 mx-auto mx-lg-0 py-5 py-md-0 px-md-5 px-lg-0"> <h5 class="text-uppercase text-white">Methodology</h5> <p class="text-callout px-2 px-md-5 mb-0"> This is an example where you can call out text in a circle. consumers conducted from Feb. 7 to Feb. 23, as well as analysis of other economic data. The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report series expands on existing data published by government agencies, such as the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to provide a deep look into the core elements of American consumers’ financial wellness: income, savings, debt and spending choices. Our sample was balanced to match the U.S. adult population in a set of key demographic variables: 51% of respondents identified as female, 31% had college educations and 36% declared incomes of more than $100,000 per year. </p> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <p>If paycheck-to-paycheck consumers are bringing in billions of dollars from these side gigs, and a significant percentage of these households are depended on these active forms of income to help offset the monthly struggle of making ends meet, any turbulence in the gig economy will have negative ripple effects.</p> <p>If paycheck-to-paycheck consumers are bringing in billions of dollars from these side gigs, and a significant percentage of these households are depended on these active forms of income to help offset the monthly struggle of making ends meet, any turbulence in the gig economy will have negative ripple effects.</p> </div> </div> <h2 class="text-center mt-2 mb-3">This is a section title H2. It should be centered! </h2> <p><a href="https://www.pymnts.com/consumer-finance/2023/consumers-tackle-inflation-by-pulling-back-on-cards-while-shopping/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Separate data from PYMNTS and LendingClub show</a> that consumers are recalibrating their spending, and reconsidering discretionary vs. essential expenses. In a few notable examples, we’ve found that among grocery shoppers who say they have noticed price changes, 59% have cut down on nonessential grocery items, while 35% are buying cheaper alternatives. And, <a href="https://www.pymnts.com/restaurant-innovation/2023/consumers-think-restaurant-prices-3x-higher-than-inflation-and-want-discounts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">as seen here</a>, consumers think that restaurant prices are as much as three times higher than inflation.</p> <h2 class="text-center mt-2 mb-3">This is another section title. </h2> <p>These are areas where it would be “low hanging” fruit to cut back on delivery, which in turn cuts back on demand for orders across platforms such as DoorDash, which lessens the need for drivers … you get the picture. What winds up happening is that tip volumes, and the delivery work, itself, face headwinds. <a href="https://www.pymnts.com/news/delivery/2023/instacart-reportedly-adding-deliveries-to-businesses-in-clash-with-amazon-walmart/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Companies such as Instacart</a> are broadening their business models to expand their addressable markets (in this case, to boost its business clientele).</p> <div class="pymntsChartContainer shadow p-4 my-5"> <div id="d4a4dbc3-2c8a-4e7e-bcb8-92149fdbfb0b" class="pymntsChart"> </div> </div> <p>We note that, depending on where you look, freelance demand in other areas is volatile, too. <a href="https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2023/fiverr-sees-explosive-demand-for-ai-related-services-amid-gig-economy-down-cycle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fiverr’s recent results</a> showed only slight growth in clients hiring the talents of gig workers, though spending across that client population is up.</p> <p>CEO Micha Kaufman made note in remarks on the analyst conference call that the macro challenges resulted in “headwinds to overall freelance demand.” All, told, in the most recent period, Fiverr has said that active buyers (who buy gig services from “sellers”) were 4.3 million. 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