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Think about your main job (the job from which you earned the most money in the past month). In this job, (were you working/Did you work) for someone else, were you self-employed, or something else?
Employment arrangement at main job · Asked in 7 waves, 2019–2025 · 49,127 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of D3A first asked in 2019: wording or answer options differ from shed:D3A.
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 | Working for someone else | Self-employed (working for myself) | Other work arrangement | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 85% | 12% | 4% | 7488 |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 38 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 7,488 |
| SHED 2024 32 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 7,066 |
| SHED 2023 31 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 6,587 |
| SHED 2022 10 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 6,791 |
| SHED 2021 11 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 7,010 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 6,809 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 7,376 |
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.
| ±1 |
| 18–29 | 86% | 10% | 4% | 1463 | ±3 |
| 30–44 | 88% | 9% | 3% | 2312 | ±2 |
| 45–64 | 84% | 12% | 4% | 2939 | ±2 |
| 65+ | 67% | 27% | 6% | 774 | ±4 |
SHED 2025 · US adults 18+. 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.