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JeNae Johnson works at a computer in her home office. She is the president and CEO of CTM Unlimited, a company that helps workplaces change their corporate culture. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

In 2023, 46% of all managers in the U.S. were women. This is up from 29% in 1980 but still slightly lower than the 49% of all workers who were women as of 2023.

short readApr 8, 2025

Shipping containers are offloaded at the Port of Oakland in California on April 2, 2025. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Americans are most skeptical about U.S. trade with China: 10% say it benefits the U.S. more than China, while 46% take the opposite view.

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American workers have mixed feelings about how AI technologies, like ChatGPT, will affect jobs in the future.

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reportMar 16, 2011

Republicans Are Losing Ground on the Deficit, But Obama’s Not Gaining

Overview As the budget debate moves into a crucial phase, far fewer Americans say that Republicans in Congress have the better approach to the budget deficit than did so in November, shortly after the GOP’s sweeping election victories. The GOP has lost ground on the deficit among political independents and, surprisingly, among key elements of […]
reportMar 10, 2011

After the Great Recession: Native Born Workers Begin to Share in Jobs Recovery

For the first time since the official end of the Great Recession in June 2009, native-born workers in the second half of 2010 joined foreign-born workers in experiencing the beginnings of a recovery in employment.
reportMar 10, 2011

New Jobs in Recession and Recovery: Who Are Getting Them and Who Are Not

In testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, the Pew Hispanic Center’s Rakesh Kochhar explains why for the first time since the official end of the Great Recession in June 2009, native-born workers in the second half of 2010 joined foreign-born workers in experiencing the beginnings of a recovery in employment.
reportMar 7, 2011

Who’s Winning the Fight Over Public-Employee Unions?
reportMar 7, 2011

Who’s Winning the Fight Over Public-Employee Unions?

In its Topic A feature, the Washington Post asked several experts — among them the Pew Research Center’s Director of Survey Research Scott Keeter — who’s winning and who’s losing in the fight over public-employee unions.
reportMar 3, 2011

Fewer Are Angry at Government, But Discontent Remains High

Overview The public remains deeply frustrated with the federal government, but fewer Americans say they are angry at government than did so last fall. Overall, the percentage saying they are angry with the federal government has fallen from 23% last September to 14% today, with much of the decline coming among Republicans and Tea Party […]
reportMar 2, 2011

Rising Oil Prices Big News for American Public

Summary of Findings Both the public and the media focused last week on the increasing violence in Libya, but Americans also closely tracked news about a related concern – the impact the crisis in the Middle East is having on oil prices at home. About two-in-ten (21%) say they followed news about the rising price […]
reportFeb 28, 2011

More Side with Wisconsin Unions than Governor

Overview By a modest margin, more say they back Wisconsin’s public employee unions rather than the state’s governor in their continuing dispute over collective bargaining rights. Roughly four-in-ten (42%) say they side more with the public employee unions, while 31% say they side more with the governor, Scott Walker, according to the latest Pew Research […]
reportFeb 22, 2011

In Showdown with Air Traffic Controllers, the Public Sided with Reagan
reportFeb 22, 2011

In Showdown with Air Traffic Controllers, the Public Sided with Reagan

The bitter fight over union rights in Wisconsin calls to mind a labor battle that helped define the first year of Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

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Women are a rising share of U.S. managers and professionals

How Americans view trade between the U.S. and China, Canada and Mexico

U.S. Workers Are More Worried Than Hopeful About Future AI Use in the Workplace

Economy & Work

Republicans Are Losing Ground on the Deficit, But Obama’s Not Gaining

After the Great Recession: Native Born Workers Begin to Share in Jobs Recovery

New Jobs in Recession and Recovery: Who Are Getting Them and Who Are Not

Who’s Winning the Fight Over Public-Employee Unions?

Who’s Winning the Fight Over Public-Employee Unions?

Fewer Are Angry at Government, But Discontent Remains High

Rising Oil Prices Big News for American Public

More Side with Wisconsin Unions than Governor

In Showdown with Air Traffic Controllers, the Public Sided with Reagan

In Showdown with Air Traffic Controllers, the Public Sided with Reagan

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