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A. All things considered, how satisfied are you with your (main) job?
Overall satisfaction with main job · Asked in 2 waves, 2002–2012 · 1,654 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 | Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 780 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 874 |
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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| All respondents | 17% | 34% | 33% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 780 | ±4 | |
| Less than high school † | 21% | 23% | 36% | 11% | 7% | 2% | – | 81 | ±14 | |
| High school | 20% | 32% | 29% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 218 | ±8 | |
| Some college | 18% | 35% | 32% | 8% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 229 | ±8 | |
| Bachelor's | 12% | 37% | 39% | 7% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 165 | ±10 | |
| Postgraduate | 11% | 45% | 35% | 1% | 6% | – | 2% | 87 | ±12 |
General Social Survey 2012 · 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.