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Fed SHEDD32Economy, work, & money › Jobs & work Economy, work, & money › Personal finances

Suppose that you had to choose between two new jobs. The first job would pay the same in total for the year as your current main job and the income would be the same each month.

Would you choose a job paying the same yearly total as now with steady monthly income, or a second job?

Choice between steady pay and same-total variable pay job · Asked in 1 wave, 2017 · 5,560 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Community

First jobSecond job

Group	First job	Second job	n	MoE
All respondents	56%	44%	5560	±2
18–29	51%	49%	963	±4
30–44	57%	43%	1511	±3
45–64	59%	41%	2484	±2
65+	53%	47%	602	±5

SHED 2017 · 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.

Answers as the source codes them

First jobSecond jobRefused (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
SHED 2017	2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31	web	12,187	5,560