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Digital nomads are starting to price out local communities around the world

Workplace Insight

million, a staggering increase of 131 percent from the pre-pandemic year of 2019. My research has identified four further categories: digital nomad business owners; experimental digital nomads; armchair digital nomads; and, the fastest emerging category, salaried digital nomads. million in 2019 to 11.1 million in 2022.

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During a Recession, Entrepreneurs Are in the Driver’s Seat

Success

A 2019 report from the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy found that “the median net worth of self-employed families at $380,000 in 2019 was over four times that of families of workers ($90,000).”. They aren’t dependent upon a boss or the economy to determine their annual income— they determine it.

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