Understanding the size of the gig economy is so complicated, you couldn't ask gig economists to do it. The Treasury Department had one estimate of 0.7 percent last year after poring through administrative tax records. Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said 1.3 percent, 1.6 percent, and 3.8 percent over three estimates, and the Federal Reserve Bank said 30 percent.
With answers like these, why bother to ask the question?
