Rakesh Kochhar

Senior Researcher

Demographics and social trends Hispanic trends

Rakesh Kochhar is a senior researcher at Pew Research Center. He is an expert on trends in employment, income and wealth. His research has focused on the American and global middle classes and the economic well-being of white, black, Hispanic, Asian and immigrant workers. Prior to joining Pew Research Center, he was senior economist at Joel Popkin and Company, where he served as a consultant to government agencies, private firms, international agencies and labor unions. Kochhar received his doctorate in economics from Brown University. He has appeared on numerous media outlets, including NPR, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. He has testified before Congress and regularly speaks at professional, academic and business conferences.

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Fact TankMarch 27, 2020

Nearly one-in-four U.S. workers are employed in the industries most likely to feel an immediate impact from the COVID-19 outbreak.

Fact TankMarch 23, 2020

New and emerging occupations are raising the importance of analytical skills, such as science, mathematics and programming.

Fact TankJanuary 30, 2020

There is a growing need for high-skill workers in the U.S., and this has helped to narrow gender disparities in the labor market.

ReportJanuary 30, 2020

The gender wage gap narrows as women move into high-skill jobs and acquire more education. Women are now in the majority in jobs that draw most heavily on either social or fundamental skills.

ReportJanuary 9, 2020

About six-in-ten U.S. adults say there’s too much economic inequality in the country these days, and among that group, most say addressing it requires significant changes to the country’s economic system, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

ReportMarch 7, 2019

The overall gain in income among Latino workers is driven by a rise in the share of higher-income immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for more years. Yet the incomes of U.S.-born Latinos are still less than since the recession began.

FeatureSeptember 6, 2018

About half of American adults lived in middle-income households in 2016. Find out which income group you're in with our newly updated calculator.

Fact TankSeptember 6, 2018

While the size of the U.S. middle class remained relatively stable between 2002 and 2016, financial gains for middle-income Americans were modest compared with those of higher-income households.

Fact TankJuly 12, 2018

Income inequality nearly doubled among Asians in the U.S. from 1970 to 2016. Sizable income gaps persist across racial and ethnic groups, a new study finds.

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