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How satisfied are you in your job?
Satisfaction with job · Asked in 4 waves, 1989–2016 · 3,721 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
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 | Completely satisfied | Very satisfied | Fairly satisfied |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 940 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,018 |
| General Social Survey 1998 | 1998-02-01 to 1998-06-19 | face to face | 2,832 | 865 |
| General Social Survey 1989 | 1989-02-04 to 1989-05-01 | face to face | 1,537 | 898 |
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.
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied |
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| Fairly dissatisfied |
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| Very dissatisfied |
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| Completely dissatisfied |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 18% | 36% | 30% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 1% | 940 | ±4 | |
| 18–29 | 15% | 31% | 37% | 9% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 189 | ±9 | |
| 30–44 | 17% | 36% | 30% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 0% | 314 | ±6 | |
| 45–64 | 18% | 37% | 28% | 9% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 362 | ±6 | |
| 65+ | 33% | 49% | 14% | 2% | 1% | – | – | 70 | ±13 |
General Social Survey 2016 · 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.