. The Upwork survey found earning extra income was a key reason 83% of freelancers decided to explore this alternative style of work. Before finding TaskRabbit, Samuel says he worked in a variety of sales roles over the past decade at restaurants, car dealerships, and insurance companies. But eventually, he realized he wanted to be his own boss. He tried driving for Uber, but says it didn't make sense to continue due to the cost of gas and the time it required.
. He says it only took him a a few months to start earning substantial income, but that doing so was far from easy.— from March to October, Samuel works only 20 to 30 hours per week, but he has to travel to and complete roughly 15 to 20 different tasks. Samuel's most lucrative month in 2022 was May, when he took home more than $16,000 by racking up 73 tasks completed across 219 hours.
While he largely works in the New York City area, he's driven as far as Connecticut and Long Island for jobs. In the past, he's completed tasks in Brooklyn and Connecticut on the same day. In January, for instance, Samuel was tasked with finding a way to move a couch to a client's basement. It required a lot of maneuvering and the removal of a door, but he eventually figured it out.