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Still thinking about your main job, do/Do you normally start and end work around the same time each day that you work, or does it vary?
Regularity of work schedule at main job · Asked in 9 waves, 2017–2025 · 53,055 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 | Normally work the same hours | Schedule varies, primarily at my request | Schedule varies, primarily based on my employer’s needs | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 39 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 6,285 |
| SHED 2024 32 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 5,974 |
| SHED 2023 31 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 5,624 |
| SHED 2022 12 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 5,879 |
| SHED 2021 15 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 6,038 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 5,936 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 6,312 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 5,447 |
| SHED 2017 |
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.
| 74% |
| 10% |
| 16% |
| 6285 |
| ±1 |
| 18–29 | 63% | 13% | 24% | 1261 | ±3 |
| 30–44 | 78% | 9% | 13% | 2040 | ±2 |
| 45–64 | 77% | 9% | 13% | 2467 | ±2 |
| 65+ | 70% | 13% | 17% | 517 | ±5 |
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.
| 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 |
| web |
| 12,187 |
| 5,560 |