Proposed Revision of Information Collection; Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey
Published Date: 2/10/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants to update questions about temporary and gig workers in a big national survey called the Current Population Survey. This change helps better understand folks with jobs like freelancers, on-call workers, and app-based gig workers. If you have thoughts, you can share them by April 13, 2026—no extra cost, just a little time to help improve the survey!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Data to inform worker regulations
The July 2026 CWS data will provide counts and characteristics of contingent and alternative employment arrangements and allow researchers and policy makers to evaluate how these workers have changed over time. The Bureau says policy makers can use these data to inform the design of regulations for different types of workers.
New detailed questions for gig workers
If you are a gig or contingent worker and are selected for the July 2026 Contingent Work Supplement (CWS) to the Current Population Survey, you may be asked a single platform-work section of 24 questions (about half are new). The new items ask about work over the prior 4 weeks, inclusion of people not employed at the time of the survey, days per week and hours per day typically spent on app- or website-obtained work, and the type of work done.
Household response burden and timing
The Bureau of Labor Statistics plans to collect the CWS once in July 2026 from households. The notice estimates 48,000 households will respond once, with an average time per response of 3 minutes and an estimated total annual burden of 2,400 hours; written comments on the proposal are due by April 13, 2026.
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