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short readJul 17, 2025

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.

reportFeb 25, 2025

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

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short readsSep 13, 2010

Luxury to Necessity and Back Again

The recession has made five familiar consumer items far less of a necessity in the lives of Americans.
reportSep 9, 2010

Since the Start of the Great Recession, More Children Raised by Grandparents

One child in 10 in the United States lives with a grandparent, a share that increased slowly and steadily over the past decade before rising sharply from 2007 to 2008, the first year of the Great Recession.
reportSep 9, 2010

Perceptions of Economic News Remain Mixed

Summary of Findings The public’s perceptions of economic news remain mixed, but continue to be much more negative than they were earlier this year. About half of the public (54%) says they are hearing a mix of good and bad news about the economy these days, while 41% say they are hearing mostly bad news. […]
reportSep 2, 2010

Most ’Re-employed’ Workers Say They’re Overqualified for Their New Job

Workers who suffered a spell of unemployment during Great Recession are, on average, less satisfied with their new jobs than workers who didn’t. They are more likely to consider themselves over-qualified for their current position.
short readsAug 10, 2010

Unemployment Ain’t All Bad

Close to half of all Americans who spent some time unemployed during the recession say they enjoyed not having to work for a while.
short readsAug 10, 2010

Personal Cost of Being Unemployed

Roughly four-in-ten Americans who spent some time unemployed during the recession say they experienced a strain in family relations while out of work.
reportAug 5, 2010

Journalism Jobs Harder to Find

A University of Georgia survey of recent journalism and mass communication graduates finds toughest job market in the 24-year history of the study. Minority graduates have had an especially difficult time finding work. In regards to being prepared for communications work, graduates give their schools mixed grades.
reportAug 4, 2010

For Communication Grads, a Tough Job Market

The University of Georgia’s yearly survey of journalism and communication graduates is out and the news isn’t good. The job market has tightened, salaries are stagnant and benefits are being cut. On the brighter side, more of the 2009 grads with jobs are doing web-related work and by and large, the students remain satisfied with their career choice.
reportJul 26, 2010

Obama’s Policies Seen as Better than Bush’s for Improving the Economy

Overview While most Americans disapprove of Barack Obama’s handling of the economy, far more think his administration’s policies – rather than those of the Bush administration – would do more to improve economic conditions over the next few years. As Congress gears up for debate over the tax cuts passed when Bush was president, the […]
reportJul 22, 2010

Lost Income, Lost Friends – and Loss of Self-respect

Long-term unemployment takes a much deeper toll than short-term unemployment on a person’s finances, emotional well-being and career prospects.

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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

Luxury to Necessity and Back Again

Perceptions of Economic News Remain Mixed

Unemployment Ain’t All Bad

Personal Cost of Being Unemployed

Journalism Jobs Harder to Find

For Communication Grads, a Tough Job Market

Obama’s Policies Seen as Better than Bush’s for Improving the Economy

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