How Gen Z is tackling their biggest career fear

A single stream of income is simply not cutting it for today’s young professionals. Instead, “income stacking” is the new way young people are weathering an unstable job market and rising cost-of-living.

The annual Next Gen of Work survey from freelancer services company Fiverr polled over 12,000 respondents from both Gen Z and Gen Alpha across the U.S., the U.K., France, and Germany. It found that for almost half of Gen Z (46%), their biggest career fear is not making enough money to live comfortably.

Cue income stacking.

“Gen Z is watching the single-paycheck model wobble, and instead of waiting for it to steady, they’re building safety nets of their own design,” Michelle Baltrusitis, Fiverr’s associate director of community and social impact, told Fast Company. “Income stacking is th