Top 10 U.S. Cities for Freelancers

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Freelancing is one of the fastest developing trends on the job market, and for good reasons. The advantages associated with this type of career are countless: from setting your own schedule and demands to being your own boss and choosing your projects, freelancing represents a great opportunity for those who manage to capitalize on their skills. However, one of the major issues for freelancing is the fact that they have to ensure health insurance coverage on their own, which can sometimes prove quite expensive, especially in some cities across the US.

While freelancing is a burgeoning sector of the economy in virtually all corners of the world, not all cities offer the same set of opportunities for growth and development. Following, we would like to present you with a list we have compiled of the top 10 US cities for freelancers, based on a study recently published by NerdWallet. The experts at NerdWallet based their scoring algorithm on three important freelancing indicators: percentage of self-employed, affordability of average rent, and affordability of health care costs, which they used to compile a ranking.

Curious to see which the best cities in the US for freelancing are? Let’s take a look at the countdown. We are also advise you take a look at our list of the top 10 richest cities in the world.

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