The 55 Best Companies For Freelancers

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. Clarity Consultants
24. Collabera
25. Shmoop
26. KPMG
27. Freeman Leonard
28. Bloomberg
29. Oyster.com
30. GoPro
31. Achieve Test Prep
32. Expedia
33. CompuGain
34. Cook Systems International
35. Walmart
36. Nintendo
37. Lionbridge
38. United Nations Development Programme
39. Direct Interactions
40. ObjectWin
41. IVI International
42. CACTUS Communications
43. Action Against Hunger
44. Thrillist
45. Winston Retail Solutions
46. Mater Health Services
47. Pac-12 Enterprises
48. donorworx
49. Bustle
50. Conde Nast
51. Euromonitor International
52. HUGE
53. Ancestry.com
54. Active Network
55. VMware

SEE ALSO: The 10 Best Cities For Freelancers

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