The 55 Best Companies For Freelancers

• EMMIE MARTIN
 

About a third of today's workforce do some form of freelancing.

The 9 to 5 workday isn't as common as it once was. Now, more and more people are becoming freelancers, which allows for flexible hours and the ability to work from home.

In fact, 53 million Americans — or 34% of today's workforce — holds a freelance job, according to a new report. 

About 68% of those professionals said they freelance to earn extra cash, while the remaining 42% do it to have a flexible schedule.

In addition to the control and supplemental income freelancing offers, it can also add some excitement to one's career, says Sara Sutton Fell, founder and CEO of FlexJobs, a service that specializes in helping connect people with flexible jobs. 

"If you can get a steady stream of freelance jobs, it'll provide you with variety, whereas working in one traditional office job may only offer the same responsibilities day after day," Sutton Fell explains.

To provide an even better feel of the freelance landscape, Flexjobs compiled a list of the best companies for freelance work by analyzing how many freelance listings employers posted between August 2013 and August 2014.

For anyone hoping to gain more control over their career, or who just want to work from home, here are the 55 companies with the most freelance opportunities: 

1. US-Reports
2. About.com
3. K12
4. Razorfish
5. Overland Solutions, Inc
6. LanguageLine Solutions
7. CompuCom Systems Inc.
8. Carolinas HealthCare System
9. Appen
10. Judge Group
11. ChamnessOnline
12. Edmentum
13. Connections Academy
14. Roundarch Isobar
15. Time Warner Cable
16. Aureus Group
17. Shutterfly
18. RealPage
19. The Center for Client Retention
20. Horizontal Integration
21. Rogers
22. MakroTech
23. Overland Solutions Inc.
24. Clarity Consultants
25. Collabera
26. Shmoop
27. KPMG
28. Freeman Leonard
29. Bloomberg
30. Oyster.com
31. GoPro
32. Achieve Test Prep
33. Expedia
34. CompuGain
35. Cook Systems International
36. Walmart
37. Nintendo
38. Lionbridge
39. United Nations Development Programme
40. Direct Interactions
41. ObjectWin
42. IVI International
43. CACTUS Communications
44. Action Against Hunger
45. Thrillist
46. Winston Retail Solutions
47. Mater Health Services
48. Pac-12 Enterprises
49. donorworx
50. Bustle
51. Conde Nast
52. Euromonitor International
53. HUGE
54. Ancestry.com
55. Active Network

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