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Rasmussen Employment Index - October 2008
Employment Index - October 2008
Employer Type Work Managers Gender Age Race Investor Status Income Company Size Marital Status
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
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
Rate Your Personal Finances 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
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%
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%
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%
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%
Personal Finances Better/Worse 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 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
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%
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%
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%
IsY our Organization Hiring? 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 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
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%
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%
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%
Are you Happy with your Job? 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 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
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%
No 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%
Worried About Losing Your Job? 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 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
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%
No 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%
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
Employment Index - October 2008