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Your interest in the work - 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?
Interest in the work 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.
| Group | Better | About the same | Worse | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 47% | 40% | 13% | 877 | ±3 | |
| Northeast | 45% |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 3 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 4 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 971 |
| SHED 2021 3 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 947 |
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.
| 43% |
| 12% |
| 138 |
| ±9 |
| Midwest | 53% | 34% | 13% | 231 | ±7 |
| South | 44% | 40% | 16% | 303 | ±6 |
| West | 47% | 45% | 8% | 205 | ±7 |
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.