The inaugural Creative Jobs Report, published Thursday, found that employees, especially between the ages of 18 and 34, are unsatisfied with current levels of creativity in the workplace. The study found that 55% of the 2,112 respondents (among whom 1,120 are employed) would cut their traditional career for a self-employed role.

That is, if they were sure they could still pay their bills.

A much lower 29% of employed Americans would be willing to take a more creative job even if it came with a pay cut. However, another sizable amount — 36% of employed respondents — actually want to quit their current jobs because of uncreative roles. With a cursory glance it would seem that the strongest cohesion of our millennial workforce is nothing more than a biweekly paycheck.

Mika Salmi, CEO of CreativeLive, told Mashable that his company has been aware of a desire for creative freedom within the workforce for some time.

“A lot of people who take our classes go on to start companies or move in to self employment,” Salmi said. "They're people who may have hobbies on weekends or have a passion, but are trying to figure out how [they] can make that into a business."

However, they only make up a portion CreativeLive's users. Others, he said, are interested in furthering skills to help clients, or expand their own knowledge. With a user base of such diverse interests, Salmi wondered if there is a trend. It was this curiosity that led CreativeLive to commission the inaugural Creative Jobs Report fact sheet.

The study, conducted by Harris Poll, comes on the heels of a rise in popularity of online education. Companies like Duolingo are raising millions in venture capital, and massive open online courses (MOOCs) are gaining the interest of traditional institutions. It's becoming increasingly clear that, beneath the traditional model of college-prepares-student-for-corporate-employment, there’s an element of unrest.

If that third statistic is any indicator, that means there's more than just a paycheck at play here. The fact that millennials are willing to accept less pay for more creativity, but ideally outside of a corporate environment, could indicate that the bigger trend is a discontent with corporate and educational environments.

"We are facing a massive — and growing — creativity crisis," CreativeLive cofounder Chase Jarvis said in a press release. "When over 51 million employed Americans want to leave their jobs to pursue a more creative career, we have jarring evidence that our existing education and work systems are broken."

The report also finds that millennials are twice as likely as those aged 45 to 64 — 24% to 14% respectively — to enroll in online coursework. While this could be attributed to Salmi's speculation that millennials are simply more familiar with the technology, it's worth asking: Does the modern workplace provide fulfillment for the worker's increased desire for creativity? And, in a more certain economy, what will these apparent hoards of yearning millennials become?

The economic and cultural success of startups aimed at the education industry suggests there is indeed a void, but that hasn't kept companies from seeking to monetize the space. But what are your thoughts on the data? Check out the findings below: