I assume you are referring to income reported on a form 1099-NEC in line 1. That should appear on schedule C and would result in income or loss as reported on line 31 "Net Profit or (loss). " That amount should then flow to line 3 of schedule 1, and from there show up on your form 1040 on line 8. As such, it would be considered earned income.
It is possible that your business expenses are more than your business income, in which case you would have a loss. If this happened, then you would not have any earned income from the business, since you had a loss.
I'm not sure why you are mentioning the deductions section, if you could elaborate on that it would be helpful!
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