---
title: "Career Switching"
description: "That's the proportion of U.S. adults who report that they have switched careers -- from one type of work to another -- and more than half of this group say they have made a switch more than once."
date: "2007-07-21"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/07/21/career-switching/"
---

# Career Switching

About six-in-ten (61%) workers report that they have switched careers — from one type of work to another — and more than half of this group say they have made a switch more than once. Men and women, younger and older, full-time and part-time workers are all about equally likely to have made a switch at some point over the years. Those at the lowest income levels (under $30,000) are a bit more likely to have switched.[Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/assets/social/pdf/Jobs.pdf)