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The Most in-Demand Skills and Jobs for 2025
VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES, JUL 15 – Skilled freelancers earn a median $85,000 and outpace full-time employees by embracing AI, flexibility, and continuous learning, driving a workforce transformation, Upwork data shows.
- In 2024, skilled knowledge freelance work in the U.S. generated $1.5 trillion in earnings from roughly 20 million workers.
- This growth partly stems from freelancers seeking autonomy, meaningful work, and control, with 28% of skilled workers now freelancing and 36% of full-time employees considering freelancing.
- Upwork surveys reveal skilled freelancers excel in uniquely human skills like problem-solving and critical thinking, often outearning full-time employees and embracing AI tools enthusiastically.
- High-Growth companies embed nontraditional talent models extensively, with 50% using managed services and 45% incorporating skilled freelancers, while 81% of C-suite executives plan skills-based hiring this year.
- These trends imply organizations must adapt talent strategies to include self-managed skilled professionals, or risk exacerbating skills gaps amid rapid AI-driven workforce transformation.
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