If it's in the News, it's in our Polls. Public opinion polling since 2003.
Rasmussen Employment Index - October 2008
| Employment
Index - October 2008 |
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Employer |
Type Work |
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Managers |
Gender |
Age |
Race |
Investor Status |
Income |
Company Size |
Marital Status |
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Current |
Government |
Entrepreneur |
Company |
Healthcare |
Acctg & Finance |
IT |
Legal |
Manufacturing |
Other Service |
Full-Time |
Managers |
Pvt Mgr |
Men |
Women |
18-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-64 |
65+ |
White |
Black |
Hispanic |
Other |
Investor |
Non-Inv |
under $20k |
$20-$40k |
$40-$60k |
$60-$75k |
$75-$100k |
$100k+ |
under 50 |
50-100 |
100-250 |
250-500 |
500 + |
Married |
Not Married |
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| INDEX |
72.1 |
77.6 |
73.4 |
69.7 |
78.4 |
74.8 |
83.5 |
83.5 |
63.2 |
68.5 |
75.1 |
79.6 |
88.0 |
73.4 |
70.7 |
72.3 |
75.0 |
70.7 |
69.9 |
75.3 |
75.2 |
62.1 |
52.0 |
65.9 |
81.7 |
55.2 |
34.4 |
51.8 |
67.8 |
78.2 |
80.6 |
93.0 |
71.1 |
70.0 |
73.3 |
70.5 |
75.8 |
79.8 |
66.5 |
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| Rate Your Personal Finances |
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Government |
Entrepreneur |
Company |
Healthcare |
Acctg & Finance |
IT |
Legal |
Manufacturing |
Other Service |
Full-Time |
Managers |
Pvt Mgr |
Men |
Women |
18-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-64 |
65+ |
White |
Black |
Hispanic |
Other |
Investor |
Non-Inv |
under $20k |
$20-$40k |
$40-$60k |
$60-$75k |
$75-$100k |
$100k+ |
under 50 |
50-100 |
100-250 |
250-500 |
500 + |
Married |
Not Married |
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| Excellent |
10.6% |
13.6% |
11.7% |
9.0% |
9.8% |
15.4% |
19.3% |
13.1% |
9.4% |
8.1% |
11.5% |
14.6% |
19.1% |
12.4% |
8.4% |
10.9% |
11.0% |
11.0% |
9.6% |
9.4% |
10.4% |
12.3% |
9.2% |
11.2% |
14.0% |
4.6% |
7.2% |
5.1% |
8.0% |
8.2% |
8.6% |
20.3% |
10.4% |
9.7% |
8.3% |
9.9% |
12.5% |
11.4% |
8.4% |
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| Good |
30.2% |
29.6% |
30.5% |
30.2% |
32.1% |
33.1% |
35.1% |
37.3% |
28.0% |
27.7% |
31.2% |
33.4% |
34.8% |
30.4% |
29.9% |
30.1% |
31.6% |
29.2% |
29.8% |
30.4% |
32.5% |
18.5% |
20.5% |
27.7% |
35.3% |
21.1% |
8.3% |
15.9% |
24.0% |
36.8% |
38.4% |
42.3% |
28.1% |
28.3% |
31.1% |
31.0% |
34.1% |
35.6% |
26.3% |
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| Fair |
38.9% |
40.0% |
36.0% |
40.0% |
38.8% |
36.6% |
33.8% |
34.7% |
39.6% |
40.6% |
39.5% |
35.4% |
34.1% |
37.3% |
40.8% |
34.3% |
40.1% |
38.5% |
41.5% |
43.7% |
38.5% |
42.0% |
42.8% |
36.3% |
38.1% |
40.3% |
24.5% |
44.1% |
48.0% |
41.6% |
40.4% |
31.0% |
38.2% |
39.8% |
43.2% |
42.1% |
37.8% |
39.2% |
38.4% |
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| Poor |
18.9% |
15.7% |
20.2% |
19.3% |
17.8% |
14.4% |
10.8% |
10.6% |
21.9% |
22.7% |
16.7% |
15.7% |
11.2% |
18.3% |
19.6% |
23.1% |
16.6% |
20.1% |
17.1% |
14.2% |
17.5% |
24.7% |
24.1% |
23.0% |
11.6% |
31.8% |
57.9% |
33.1% |
18.8% |
11.9% |
12.2% |
5.6% |
22.0% |
20.6% |
16.1% |
16.7% |
14.7% |
12.6% |
24.5% |
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| Personal Finances Better/Worse |
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Government |
Entrepreneur |
Company |
Healthcare |
Acctg & Finance |
IT |
Legal |
Manufacturing |
Other Service |
Full-Time |
Managers |
Pvt Mgr |
Men |
Women |
18-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-64 |
65+ |
White |
Black |
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Other |
Investor |
Non-Inv |
under $20k |
$20-$40k |
$40-$60k |
$60-$75k |
$75-$100k |
$100k+ |
under 50 |
50-100 |
100-250 |
250-500 |
500 + |
Married |
Not Married |
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| Better |
20.7% |
23.4% |
20.7% |
19.8% |
20.3% |
23.9% |
29.0% |
28.9% |
19.4% |
19.1% |
21.9% |
24.2% |
27.9% |
23.6% |
17.3% |
24.3% |
23.4% |
19.8% |
16.2% |
16.9% |
21.0% |
19.2% |
16.6% |
22.7% |
22.8% |
17.0% |
13.8% |
14.1% |
20.5% |
20.3% |
22.9% |
27.6% |
20.4% |
20.2% |
20.1% |
20.4% |
21.9% |
20.9% |
20.7% |
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| Worse |
53.2% |
51.4% |
52.1% |
54.5% |
53.3% |
51.4% |
46.7% |
45.7% |
57.4% |
54.8% |
52.3% |
51.0% |
49.6% |
50.0% |
57.1% |
48.7% |
47.5% |
55.5% |
60.3% |
58.1% |
53.2% |
57.2% |
54.7% |
47.7% |
51.4% |
56.6% |
68.6% |
62.0% |
53.0% |
49.2% |
51.9% |
47.5% |
52.9% |
55.3% |
54.4% |
60.0% |
51.3% |
54.6% |
52.9% |
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| Same |
23.9% |
23.4% |
24.3% |
23.9% |
24.2% |
23.4% |
23.0% |
24.1% |
21.6% |
23.9% |
24.2% |
23.2% |
21.4% |
24.4% |
23.4% |
24.3% |
27.6% |
22.2% |
21.7% |
22.8% |
24.1% |
20.4% |
24.9% |
26.8% |
24.2% |
23.5% |
13.4% |
21.9% |
23.6% |
29.2% |
24.6% |
23.9% |
24.2% |
21.4% |
24.1% |
17.7% |
25.7% |
22.9% |
23.4% |
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| IsY our Organization Hiring? |
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Government |
Entrepreneur |
Company |
Healthcare |
Acctg & Finance |
IT |
Legal |
Manufacturing |
Other Service |
Full-Time |
Managers |
Pvt Mgr |
Men |
Women |
18-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-64 |
65+ |
White |
Black |
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Other |
Investor |
Non-Inv |
under $20k |
$20-$40k |
$40-$60k |
$60-$75k |
$75-$100k |
$100k+ |
under 50 |
50-100 |
100-250 |
250-500 |
500 + |
Married |
Not Married |
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| Hiring |
17.1% |
15.9% |
11.5% |
20.4% |
23.1% |
16.9% |
22.8% |
12.1% |
17.9% |
14.9% |
18.5% |
17.3% |
24.5% |
19.7% |
14.0% |
21.0% |
18.7% |
15.8% |
14.4% |
11.1% |
17.5% |
17.6% |
12.9% |
14.6% |
18.0% |
15.5% |
13.9% |
15.5% |
15.4% |
17.9% |
18.4% |
20.0% |
12.2% |
20.7% |
22.2% |
17.7% |
21.0% |
16.8% |
16.2% |
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| Laying Off |
21.4% |
20.2% |
17.8% |
23.6% |
17.1% |
24.4% |
22.6% |
19.5% |
26.2% |
21.5% |
21.9% |
21.5% |
23.1% |
23.0% |
19.5% |
22.0% |
21.6% |
21.9% |
21.3% |
14.8% |
20.2% |
22.6% |
31.1% |
26.8% |
20.0% |
23.8% |
29.0% |
25.7% |
19.6% |
18.7% |
21.0% |
20.2% |
17.2% |
23.2% |
22.8% |
24.0% |
25.6% |
18.9% |
21.2% |
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| No Change |
53.7% |
55.0% |
64.9% |
47.4% |
51.3% |
53.8% |
46.0% |
62.4% |
49.1% |
55.9% |
52.6% |
57.0% |
48.7% |
50.4% |
57.5% |
50.7% |
52.7% |
54.1% |
55.5% |
61.3% |
55.5% |
45.3% |
47.0% |
49.3% |
55.4% |
50.6% |
47.0% |
47.4% |
58.5% |
55.9% |
54.6% |
53.9% |
65.3% |
48.5% |
48.2% |
50.4% |
44.3% |
56.9% |
53.0% |
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| Are you Happy with your Job? |
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Government |
Entrepreneur |
Company |
Healthcare |
Acctg & Finance |
IT |
Legal |
Manufacturing |
Other Service |
Full-Time |
Managers |
Pvt Mgr |
Men |
Women |
18-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-64 |
65+ |
White |
Black |
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Other |
Investor |
Non-Inv |
under $20k |
$20-$40k |
$40-$60k |
$60-$75k |
$75-$100k |
$100k+ |
under 50 |
50-100 |
100-250 |
250-500 |
500 + |
Married |
Not Married |
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| Yes |
77.9% |
78.9% |
80.5% |
76.2% |
77.7% |
77.1% |
80.9% |
80.7% |
75.1% |
77.9% |
80.0% |
82.3% |
86.4% |
76.7% |
79.4% |
74.1% |
79.2% |
78.6% |
78.8% |
81.3% |
79.5% |
69.5% |
72.2% |
76.6% |
83.2% |
68.5% |
55.8% |
70.3% |
77.0% |
81.8% |
83.2% |
86.0% |
79.2% |
75.5% |
78.4% |
77.7% |
78.7% |
81.1% |
73.1% |
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15.4% |
15.6% |
12.5% |
16.9% |
16.3% |
17.5% |
14.0% |
11.2% |
18.2% |
15.8% |
14.2% |
12.4% |
9.9% |
16.3% |
14.5% |
20.7% |
14.1% |
14.7% |
13.8% |
10.0% |
14.9% |
20.6% |
17.5% |
13.2% |
11.5% |
22.5% |
31.4% |
21.9% |
16.3% |
13.0% |
11.4% |
10.0% |
14.6% |
16.3% |
16.0% |
17.1% |
15.7% |
13.4% |
19.8% |
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| Worried About Losing Your Job? |
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Government |
Entrepreneur |
Company |
Healthcare |
Acctg & Finance |
IT |
Legal |
Manufacturing |
Other Service |
Full-Time |
Managers |
Pvt Mgr |
Men |
Women |
18-29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-64 |
65+ |
White |
Black |
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Other |
Investor |
Non-Inv |
under $20k |
$20-$40k |
$40-$60k |
$60-$75k |
$75-$100k |
$100k+ |
under 50 |
50-100 |
100-250 |
250-500 |
500 + |
Married |
Not Married |
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| Yes |
22.9% |
16.6% |
22.6% |
25.2% |
19.1% |
22.9% |
25.7% |
14.2% |
31.4% |
22.6% |
22.5% |
21.6% |
21.9% |
24.3% |
21.2% |
24.7% |
23.4% |
23.9% |
20.8% |
16.0% |
21.7% |
23.8% |
33.5% |
28.0% |
20.0% |
28.1% |
40.2% |
29.0% |
23.4% |
21.2% |
19.8% |
16.8% |
23.8% |
23.2% |
22.4% |
24.1% |
21.8% |
17.5% |
23.4% |
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67.2% |
74.4% |
66.6% |
65.1% |
70.2% |
69.5% |
66.9% |
77.6% |
57.6% |
67.5% |
68.3% |
70.0% |
70.7% |
66.4% |
68.2% |
67.3% |
69.0% |
64.3% |
67.7% |
71.3% |
69.4% |
61.2% |
53.5% |
60.5% |
72.0% |
58.8% |
47.1% |
57.2% |
66.3% |
70.2% |
71.5% |
77.5% |
66.0% |
66.3% |
68.8% |
66.7% |
69.7% |
72.1% |
65.6% |
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| Sample size |
9,118 |
1,677 |
2,532 |
4,909 |
558 |
1,219 |
796 |
617 |
193 |
664 |
7,319 |
2,266 |
545 |
4,965 |
4,152 |
1,977 |
2,292 |
2,329 |
2,133 |
387 |
7,127 |
909 |
659 |
423 |
5,831 |
3,286 |
718 |
1,497 |
1,700 |
1,169 |
1,448 |
2,172 |
3,602 |
853 |
906 |
584 |
2,893 |
6,574 |
2,544 |
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