[quote=AN][quote=SK in CV][quote=AN]Interesting, I didn’t know that. That would suck for people in those industry. Why would people do freelance in those industry then. It doesn’t make any sense to me.[/quote]
Because that’s what the market pays, and there are limited employee positions available. It’s not exactly “freelance” work. Many are long term part and full-time per diem contract positions. Slightly higher pay that barely covers 1/2 the SE tax, but no benefits. It’s just how some industries work.[/quote]
Why don’t those contractors say to their employer to let them be full time and they’ll take a pay cut?[/quote]
If only it were that simple. My dear ex-wife is an allied health professional. She’s reasonably well paid, between $80 and $100K a year for most of the last 20 years, but most of that time she worked multiple permanent part time per diem or hourly positions, never worked for the same company for more than 5 or 6 years. Despite her specialty being in relatively high demand, only two of her probably 20 employers over that time offered W-2 positions to licensees (scripps and sharp). All the rest were independent contractor positions.
