1099 Work Guides
Pay data, contractor rate benchmarks and market size for independent work — by occupation, state and metro area.
- Occupations
- 81
- Metro areas
- 387
- States
- 51
- Guides
- 50,000
mapped to BLS SOC codes
OMB-delineated MSAs
including DC
across both hosts
Every page in this library is built from two public datasets: the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics programme (May 2024) and the Census Bureau's 2024 population estimates. Where BLS suppressed a figure for a given market, the page omits the statement rather than estimating it.
Coverage is 81 occupations across 387 metropolitan areas and all 50 states plus DC, on both sides of the market — what the work pays for a contractor, and what it costs to engage one.