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How fair is what you earn on your job in comparison to others doing the same type of work you do?
Fairness of own job earnings compared with others · Asked in 6 waves, 2002–2022 · 9,404 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Much less than you deserve | Somewhat less than you deserve | About as much as you deserve | Somewhat more than you deserve | Much more than you deserve |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 1,989 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,448 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,250 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 1,187 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,734 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,796 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
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.
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 11% | 31% | 50% | 6% | 1% | 1989 | ±3 | |
| Less than high school | 17% | 24% | 47% | 12% | 0% | 139 | ±13 | |
| High school | 12% | 34% | 47% | 5% | 1% | 488 | ±7 | |
| Some college | 11% | 27% | 51% | 8% | 2% | 566 | ±6 | |
| Bachelor's | 7% | 32% | 55% | 6% | 1% | 488 | ±7 | |
| Postgraduate | 10% | 40% | 46% | 4% | 1% | 308 | ±8 |
General Social Survey 2022 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). 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.