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Which of the following best describes your current employment status?
Asked of: All respondents (years in which the item was asked)
Current employment status · Asked in 19 waves, 2006–2025 · 708,387 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Harmonized across years by the Cumulative CES Common Content (Kuriwaki); response options are collapsed where years differ. See docs/sources/ces.md.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Election Study 2025 | 2025-11-05 to 2025-12-12 | web | 17,000 | 16,951 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2024 | 2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09 | web | 60,000 | 59,822 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2023 | 2023-11-08 to 2023-12-11 | web | 24,500 | 24,499 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2022 | 2022-09-29 to 2022-12-15 | web | 60,000 | 59,952 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2021 | 2021-11-03 to 2021-12-07 | web | 25,700 | 25,700 |
| Cooperative Election Study 2020 | 2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14 | web | 61,000 | 60,966 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2019 | 2019-11-06 to 2019-12-05 | web | 18,000 | 17,989 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018 | 2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05 | web | 60,000 | 59,959 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2017 | 2017-11-08 to 2017-12-12 | web | 18,200 | 18,184 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2016 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Full-Time | Part-Time | Temporarily Laid Off | Unemployed | Retired | Permanently Disabled | Homemaker | Student | Other | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 36% | 11% | 1% | 9% | 23% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 2% | 59822 | ±0.7 | |
| AK † | 49% | 11% | 0% | 7% | 18% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 128 | ±15 | |
| AL | 32% | 12% | 0% | 10% | 25% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 899 | ±6 | |
| AR | 36% | 10% | 1% | 9% | 27% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 529 | ±8 | |
| AZ | 32% | 12% | 2% | 9% | 27% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 1492 | ±5 | |
| CA | 36% | 12% | 1% | 12% | 22% | 4% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 4889 | ±2 | |
| CO | 39% | 12% | 1% | 9% | 23% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 1052 | ±5 | |
| CT | 42% | 12% | 1% | 8% | 21% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 594 | ±6 | |
| DC | 49% | 6% | 1% | 14% | 15% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 169 | ±10 | |
| DE | 43% | 10% | – | 7% | 26% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 2% | 219 | ±9 | |
| FL | 33% | 13% | 1% | 10% | 27% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 4393 | ±3 | |
| GA | 38% | 10% | 1% | 8% | 21% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 2049 | ±4 | |
| HI | 36% | 10% | 1% | 10% | 24% | 3% | 8% | 2% | 6% | 183 | ±10 | |
| IA | 39% | 14% | 1% | 7% | 20% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 614 | ±8 | |
| ID | 33% | 14% | 0% | 8% | 24% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 1% | 313 | ±11 | |
| IL | 39% | 11% | 1% | 9% | 21% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 2% | 2312 | ±4 | |
| IN | 39% | 12% | 1% | 7% | 23% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 1264 | ±5 | |
| KS | 37% | 13% | 0% | 7% | 21% | 10% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 502 | ±7 | |
| KY | 31% | 10% | 0% | 9% | 22% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 885 | ±5 | |
| LA | 34% | 9% | 2% | 12% | 23% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 1% | 708 | ±6 | |
| MA | 43% | 10% | 1% | 6% | 21% | 8% | 4% | 7% | 1% | 1115 | ±5 | |
| MD | 40% | 12% | 1% | 8% | 19% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 1065 | ±5 | |
| ME | 35% | 10% | 0% | 6% | 26% | 12% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 287 | ±7 | |
| MI | 35% | 10% | 0% | 7% | 26% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 2% | 1945 | ±4 | |
| MN | 39% | 12% | 2% | 4% | 23% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 1012 | ±5 | |
| MO | 38% | 8% | 0% | 9% | 24% | 8% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 1316 | ±5 | |
| MS | 34% | 8% | 1% | 13% | 21% | 13% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 503 | ±7 | |
| MT | 41% | 11% | 0% | 5% | 29% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 230 | ±9 | |
| NC | 33% | 10% | 1% | 9% | 26% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 1906 | ±4 | |
| ND | 47% | 14% | – | 4% | 22% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 114 | ±11 | |
| NE | 40% | 12% | 0% | 4% | 23% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 350 | ±9 | |
| NH | 41% | 13% | 1% | 5% | 24% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 296 | ±7 | |
| NJ | 42% | 11% | 2% | 9% | 23% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 1597 | ±4 | |
| NM | 26% | 8% | 3% | 11% | 27% | 9% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 421 | ±8 | |
| NV | 38% | 11% | 0% | 7% | 25% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 736 | ±7 | |
| NY | 35% | 13% | 1% | 9% | 22% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 3437 | ±3 | |
| OH | 36% | 12% | 1% | 8% | 24% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 2554 | ±3 | |
| OK | 34% | 7% | 1% | 11% | 21% | 10% | 11% | 5% | 1% | 698 | ±6 | |
| OR | 33% | 12% | 2% | 9% | 26% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 1007 | ±5 | |
| PA | 40% | 10% | 1% | 8% | 25% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 3029 | ±3 | |
| RI | 47% | 7% | 1% | 4% | 19% | 12% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 212 | ±8 | |
| SC | 34% | 9% | 1% | 10% | 27% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 990 | ±6 | |
| SD | 45% | 10% | 2% | 8% | 22% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 172 | ±9 | |
| TN | 34% | 10% | 1% | 10% | 24% | 9% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 1368 | ±5 | |
| TX | 36% | 11% | 1% | 10% | 21% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 2% | 4800 | ±2 | |
| UT | 42% | 12% | 2% | 9% | 16% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 504 | ±7 | |
| VA | 40% | 11% | 1% | 6% | 22% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 1609 | ±4 | |
| VT | 36% | 9% | – | 4% | 28% | 10% | 2% | 9% | 2% | 124 | ±12 | |
| WA | 42% | 10% | 1% | 10% | 22% | 6% | 6% | 2% | 1% | 1380 | ±4 | |
| WI | 32% | 13% | 2% | 6% | 24% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 1330 | ±5 | |
| WV | 25% | 10% | 1% | 16% | 25% | 6% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 426 | ±10 | |
| WY † | 39% | 14% | – | 1% | 28% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 95 | ±14 |
Cooperative Election Study 2024 · US adults 18+ (YouGov opt-in panels, sample-matched to an ACS frame and weighted). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 2016-09-28 to 2016-11-07 |
| web |
| 64,600 |
| 64,600 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2015 | 2015-11-06 to 2015-12-03 | web | 14,250 | 14,241 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2014 | 2014-10-01 to 2014-11-03 | web | 56,200 | 56,199 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2013 | 2013-11-06 to 2013-12-03 | web | 16,400 | 16,400 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2012 | 2012-10-01 to 2012-11-05 | web | 54,535 | 54,535 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2011 | 2011-11-09 to 2012-01-07 | web | 20,150 | 20,145 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2010 | 2010-10-01 to 2010-11-01 | web | 55,400 | 55,400 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2009 | 2009-11-05 to 2009-12-14 | web | 13,800 | 13,800 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2008 | 2008-10-08 to 2008-11-03 | web | 32,800 | 32,800 |
| Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2006 | 2006-10-07 to 2006-11-08 | web | 36,421 | 36,245 |