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In this section, we ask about your work hours and how you are paid. When referring to jobs, we are referring to jobs for which you work for pay, not volunteer work, unpaid housework, or other unpaid activities. When we refer to work hours, we ask you to include all hours performed for a paid job, including any extra hours, overtime, work you did at home for your paid job, and hours that may not have been directly billable or compensated. Are you salaried, paid by the hour, or paid some other way? If you have more than one job, think of the job in which you spend the most hours working each week.
How respondent is paid at work · Asked in 1 wave, 2016 · 594 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
| Group | Salary | By the hour | Earnings from business | Piecework | By the job/project | Wage + commission | By hour + tips | Mileage | Salary & hours combination | By day/week | By route | By client | By contract | Other | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 31% | 59% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 594 |
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| Less than high school † | 13% | 75% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | – | – | 1% | – | – | – | – | 55 | ±17 |
| High school | 16% | 73% | 1% | – | 1% | 2% | – | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 168 | ±10 |
| Some college | 25% | 66% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | – | 1% | 2% | – | 1% | – | 0% | 0% | 160 | ±9 |
| Bachelor's | 49% | 39% | 1% | – | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | – | 1% | 2% | 1% | 126 | ±10 |
| Postgraduate | 69% | 24% | – | – | 2% | – | – | – | 3% | – | – | – | 0% | 2% | 82 | ±13 |