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Rasmussen Employment Index
Rasmussen Employment Index Dips Slightly in June
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The Rasmussen Employment Index slipped a point in June after reaching a multi-year high the month before.

At 73.8, the index is still higher than results found all of last year. It is up five points from its level one year ago but is down slightly from its level two years ago.

Now, 18% of workers report their firms are hiring, down one point from last month. Twenty-five percent (25%) of working Americans say their firms are laying workers off, down slightly from last month.  June was the 21st  straight month during which the number of workers who report their firms are laying off was higher than the number who said their firms were hiring.  

Among private sector managers, just 23% say their firms are hiring, while 23% say their firms are laying people off, marking an improvement from last month.

Typically, a decrease in the Employment Index suggests that the government’s official report on job creation will be weaker than the month before.

 

Twenty-eight percent (28%) of workers are worried about losing their jobs, up slightly from last month. A year ago, roughly the same number (27%) were worried about losing their jobs.

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The survey of 8,405 working Americans was conducted in June 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 1 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Twenty-nine percent (29%) of working Americans say their own personal finances are getting better, showing no change from last month. The plurality (43%) continues to report their finances are getting worse.

Overall 37% rate their personal finances as good or excellent, while 20% say their finances are in poor shape.

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Rasmussen Employment Index History

Jun 2010

73.8

May 2010

74.8

Apr 2010

73.4

Mar 2010

69.4

Feb 2010

70.1

Jan 2010

66.3

Dec 2009

63.9

Nov 2009

61.7

Oct 2009

66.1

Sep 2009

65.6

Aug 2009

63.9

July 2009

57.8

June 2009

68.4

May 2009

66.7

April 2009

64.2

March 2009

61.7

Feb 2009

60.9

Jan 2009

61.1

Dec 2008

67.0

Nov 2008

68.1

Oct 2008

72.1

Sep 2008

88.1

Aug 2008

82.2

July 2008

79.5

June 2008

78.6

May 2008

84.6

Apr 2008

82.9

Mar 2008

83.8

Feb 2008

87.1

Jan 2008

89.4

Dec 2007

89.3

Nov 2007

92.4

Oct 2007

99.7

Sep 2007

97.7

Aug 2007

99.6

Jul 2007

105.3

Jun 2007

101.5

May 2007

107.9

Apr 2007

107.0

Mar 2007

108.3

Feb 2007

106.8

Jan 2007

103.4

Dec 2006

104.9

Nov 2006

106.0

Oct 2006

100.4

 

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