Economy & Work

data essayMar 25, 2026

Ahead of the nation’s birthday, Pew Research Center identified some prominent trends across key areas of American life: demographics, work, family and economics.

Related: How Americans view racial diversity ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary

reportFeb 4, 2026

Most Americans continue to hold negative views of the U.S. economy, as has been the case for the last six years.

short readOct 6, 2025

The director of the Center of Secure Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare at UTHealth Houston reviews computer slides in his office on June 5, 2024. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Workers younger than 50 and workers with a bachelor’s degree or more education are among the most likely to use AI in their job.

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reportSep 24, 2013

The growing economic clout of the college educated
short readsSep 24, 2013

The growing economic clout of the college educated

For the first time on record, nearly one out of every two dollars in aggregate U.S. household income went to the college educated.
short readsSep 20, 2013

Majority of Americans say banks, large corporations benefitted most from U.S. economic policies

Nearly seven-in-ten Americans say large banks and financial institutions have benefited the most from post-recession government policies.
short readsSep 19, 2013

Facing re-election, Merkel gets mostly high marks for handling of economy

Angela Merkel’s high marks on dealing with the euro crisis may be one reason she leads her chief rival Social Democratic chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück.
presentationSep 19, 2013

Marketing in the networked age

How the new media ecosystem has affected marketing
reportSep 18, 2013

Income Trends and Gaps

This posting links to an article by Pew Research Center’s Rick Fry on four takeaways from the Census Bureau’s release of annual income and poverty data.
reportSep 18, 2013

Four takeaways from Tuesday’s Census income and poverty release
short readsSep 18, 2013

Four takeaways from Tuesday’s Census income and poverty release

On Tuesday the Census Bureau released its annual trove of data on income, poverty and health insurance in 2012. Here were some of the key findings on household income: New data show that median household income has stagnated for the longest period since the government began collecting such data in 1967. In 2012 the median […]
short readsSep 18, 2013

How’s the economy doing? Depends on whether you’re a Democrat or Republican

Americans perceptions of the economy differ significantly by partisanship, regardless of what the actual economic data show.
reportSep 18, 2013

Republicans Sour on Ben Bernanke

Survey Report As Ben Bernanke prepares to step down as chairman of the Federal Reserve in January, the public views him somewhat more favorably (38%) than unfavorably (31%), with 32% unable to offer a rating. Bernanke is better known now than he was in March 2008, when 55% could not rate him; at that time, […]

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A Year Into Trump’s Second Term, Americans’ Views of the Economy Remain Negative

About 1 in 5 U.S. workers now use AI in their job, up since last year

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Majority of Americans say banks, large corporations benefitted most from U.S. economic policies

Facing re-election, Merkel gets mostly high marks for handling of economy

How’s the economy doing? Depends on whether you’re a Democrat or Republican

Republicans Sour on Ben Bernanke

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