There may be a different dynamic at play here.
People leaving w-2 jobs for 1099 work.
Employers offering 1099 work as a way to avoid Obamacare and people finding more flexibility as “self-employed”.
“Employers offering 1099 work as a way to avoid Obamacare and people finding more flexibility as ‘self-employed’.”
Hope they are still happy after they pay their self-employment tax and healthcare “tax”....
You can be self-employed and still be on a W2 if you have your own sub-S corp. Large companies like the corp-to-corp model better, it cuts down on the paperwork.