How do people actually earn their income?
We're mapping the true mix of jobs, gig work, and side hustles inside American and Canadian households, using anonymized tax data.
Get paid to contribute your redacted financial statements
Beyond "Employee" or "Freelancer"
Most people don't fit neat categories. We're mapping the real patterns of how households blend income sources.
Single Employer
One W-2, traditional employment
Multi-Employer
Multiple W-2s from different jobs
Gig + Job
W-2 income plus 1099 gig work
All 1099
Entirely freelance/contract work
Side Business
W-2 plus Schedule C business
Portfolio Career
Mix of W-2, 1099, and business
Existing studies are incomplete
Current labor market data comes from infrequent government surveys, restricted IRS microdata, or proprietary bank records. These sources either stopped before COVID, focus only on platform gig work, or can't show how income sources blend within households.
What's Missing:
- Post-2020 remote work and side hustle explosion
- Full household income mix (not just primary job)
- Patterns over time, not just snapshots
- Benchmarks shared with participants
Existing Studies & Limitations
BLS Contingent Worker Supplement
1995-201718-year gaps, pre-remote work era, focuses only on main job
IRS Platform Gig Work Studies
2012-2023Restricted data, platform-only focus, no household-level view
JPMorgan Chase Institute
2015-2020Bank customer sample bias, firm-centric view, proprietary
ADP Shadow Workforce
2020-2024Employer perspective only, no household income mix data
How It Works
Three simple steps. Your private data never leaves your browser until it's fully anonymized.
Upload Your TurboTax PDF
Export your tax return PDF from TurboTax. We accept years 2018-2024.
Review & Redact
Our browser-based tool automatically de-identifies and removes your personal information. You verify before submitting.
Submit & Get Paid
After our quality and privacy review, receive $15 per tax year via Amazon gift card.
Get paid $15 per tax year, or $90 for all six!
Your data never leaves your browser
Our redaction tool runs entirely in your browser. Personal information is de-identified before anything is transmitted. You review exactly what gets shared — and if you miss anything, our team conducts a manual review before data enters the dataset.
Name, SSN, Street address, Bank account numbers
Income amounts, W-2/1099 counts, Employer names, City/zip, Tax year
Use our test PDF first to see exactly how it works.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get paid to contribute your redacted financial statements
Get paid $15 per tax year, or $90 for all six!
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