14% Say Job Market Better Than Year Ago, 46% Say Worse
Rasmussen
Aug 16, 2010
Eighty-one percent (81%) of American adults know someone who is out of work and looking for a job. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that the numbers vary little across demographic, partisan and income groups.
The survey also shows that just 14% say the job market is better now than it was a year ago.
Forty-six percent (46%) disagree and say the job market is worse today.
Lower and middle income workers offer a grimmer assessment of the job market than those with higher incomes. Among those who earn $100,000 a year or more, 21% say the labor market is better. Only seven percent (7%) of those with annual incomes below $20,000 hold that optimistic view. Fifty-six percent (56%) of those lower income adults say the labor market is worse today.
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Rasmussen
Aug 16, 2010
Eighty-one percent (81%) of American adults know someone who is out of work and looking for a job. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that the numbers vary little across demographic, partisan and income groups.
The survey also shows that just 14% say the job market is better now than it was a year ago.
Forty-six percent (46%) disagree and say the job market is worse today.
Lower and middle income workers offer a grimmer assessment of the job market than those with higher incomes. Among those who earn $100,000 a year or more, 21% say the labor market is better. Only seven percent (7%) of those with annual incomes below $20,000 hold that optimistic view. Fifty-six percent (56%) of those lower income adults say the labor market is worse today.
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