(Sponsored Content) -- Gig work, including driving with Uber, is work that allows for convenience for contracted independent workers. 

A recent report by The Hamilton Project stated that as the post-Great Recession market continues to recover, on-demand gig work benefits workers and the economy by supporting job growth and personal income. The authors of the report pointed out that the gig economy offers flexibility, minimal training costs and low barriers of entry to the workforce, allowing workers to create new sources of income or to supplement their incomes as needed. Likewise, the report stated that customers also benefit from services offered by gig workers and the low costs associated with them.

"With the logistics, it's easier to get things started. I get most of my trucks on the road and handle most of my trips between 4 a.m. and like 7 [a.m]. So then I drive over from 8 [a.m] to 4 [p.m], 8 [a.m] to 5 [p.m.]. I'm usually done before five o'clock," Dwayne Bell, a full time Uber driver from Chicago, Illinois told Illinois Business Daily.

According to the "Freelancing in America: 2019" survey taken of 6,000 U.S. freelance gig workers, 39% of full-time freelance workers changed to gig work following some major life event.

As of April 2021, Gallup estimated that the number of gig workers had risen to 36% of the U.S. workforce, or about 59 million Americans. The same Gallup report estimates that 29% of all U.S. workers are doing gig work as their primary job.