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Majority of U.S. Workers Changing Jobs Are Seeing Real Wage Gains
Workers who don’t plan on changing jobs more likely to say they’d have an easy time landing a new position
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- Majority of U.S. Workers Changing Jobs Are Seeing Real Wage Gains
- A rising share of workers who changed jobs are earning more as a result
- Most workers who left a job one month either were unemployed the next month or had left the labor force
- Men and women are about equally likely to change employers monthly
- Black and Hispanic workers, less educated workers and younger workers more likely to change employers monthly than their counterparts
- Most workers who changed employers are seeing real gains in earnings into 2022
- About half of workers who changed employers also moved to a different industry or occupation
- Women are more likely than men to leave the labor force each month, on average
- Men with children at home are least likely to leave the labor force
- Less educated and older workers are more likely to exit the labor force on average each month
- Workers with less tenure are more open to changing jobs in the coming months
- Workers who don’t plan on changing jobs more likely to say they’d have an easy time landing a new position
- Relatively few workers who say they’re likely to look for a new job in the coming months say they have a great deal of job security in their current position
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