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Thinking of your main job, do you:
Type of main job arrangement · Asked in 3 waves, 2013–2015 · 7,795 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 | Work full-time for someone else | Work part-time for someone else | Work for yourself (self-employed) | Work as a partner in a partnership (e.g. partner in law firm, medical practice) | Work as a consultant/contractor | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
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.
| 77% |
| 15% |
| 6% |
| 1% |
| 1% |
| 2775 |
| ±2 |
| Less than high school | 67% | 23% | 7% | 3% | – | 75 | ±13 |
| High school | 72% | 19% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 673 | ±5 |
| Some college | 76% | 18% | 5% | 0% | 1% | 925 | ±4 |
| Bachelor's | 82% | 10% | 6% | 1% | 1% | 667 | ±5 |
| Postgraduate | 82% | 8% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 435 | ±6 |
SHED 2015 · 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.