>but I wonder what the true unemployment rate is when you exclude people who are doing gig work temporarily after they have been laid off from their career job.

>but I wonder what the true unemployment rate is when you exclude people who are doing gig work temporarily after they have been laid off from their career job. That would presumably show up in personal/household income figures, but everything looks normal: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N