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Pay or benefits - Are each of the following better, the same, or worse at the main job you have now than the one you had a year ago?
Pay or benefits compared with job a year ago · Asked in 5 waves, 2021–2025 · 4,595 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.
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 | Better | About the same | Worse | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 53% | 28% | 19% | 877 | ±3 | |
| White | 53% |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 2 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 877 |
| SHED 2024 2 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 900 |
| SHED 2023 5 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 900 |
| SHED 2022 3 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 971 |
| SHED 2021 1 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 947 |
| 26% |
| 21% |
| 547 |
| ±4 |
| Black | 53% | 30% | 18% | 131 | ±9 |
| Hispanic | 52% | 30% | 18% | 128 | ±9 |
| Asian † | 49% | 29% | 22% | 44 | ±16 |
| Other † | 55% | 45% | – | 27 | ±21 |
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.