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In your main job, are you salaried, paid by the hour, or what?
How respondent is paid in main job · Asked in 6 waves, 2002–2022 · 9,420 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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 2,005 |
| 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.
| Group | Salaried | Paid by the hour | Other | Commission | Self-employed | Paid by the job | Salary and bonus/commission | Tips | Piece work | Paid by day | Paid by percent | Paid by contract | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 35% | 54% | 11% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2005 | ±3 | |
| Less than high school | 23% | 66% | 10% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 142 | ±13 | |
| High school | 12% | 73% | 15% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 489 | ±7 | |
| Some college | 25% | 63% | 12% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 572 | ±6 | |
| Bachelor's | 56% | 35% | 9% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 492 | ±7 | |
| Postgraduate | 78% | 18% | 4% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 310 | ±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.