Self-employment has fallen, not risen

Unincorporated self-employed as a share of US civilian employment, monthly, 1948 to 2026.

Series excludes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated; incorporated self-employed are counted as wage and salary workers in the CPS.
Chart: Centre for British ProgressSource: BLS Current Population Survey via FRED (LNS12027714 / CE16OV)Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper