Rasmussen Employment Index - October 2008
Employment Index - October 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employer | Type Work | Managers | Gender | Age | Race | Investor Status | Income | Company Size | Marital Status | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current | Government | Entrepreneur | Company | Healthcare | Acctg & Finance | IT | Legal | Manufacturing | Other Service | Full-Time | Managers | Pvt Mgr | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Investor | Non-Inv | under $20k | $20-$40k | $40-$60k | $60-$75k | $75-$100k | $100k+ | under 50 | 50-100 | 100-250 | 250-500 | 500 + | Married | Not Married | |||
INDEX | 72.1 | 77.6 | 73.4 | 69.7 | 78.4 | 74.8 | 83.5 | 83.5 | 63.2 | 68.5 | 75.1 | 79.6 | 88.0 | 73.4 | 70.7 | 72.3 | 75.0 | 70.7 | 69.9 | 75.3 | 75.2 | 62.1 | 52.0 | 65.9 | 81.7 | 55.2 | 34.4 | 51.8 | 67.8 | 78.2 | 80.6 | 93.0 | 71.1 | 70.0 | 73.3 | 70.5 | 75.8 | 79.8 | 66.5 | ||
Rate Your Personal Finances | Government | Entrepreneur | Company | Healthcare | Acctg & Finance | IT | Legal | Manufacturing | Other Service | Full-Time | Managers | Pvt Mgr | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Investor | Non-Inv | under $20k | $20-$40k | $40-$60k | $60-$75k | $75-$100k | $100k+ | under 50 | 50-100 | 100-250 | 250-500 | 500 + | Married | Not Married | |||
Excellent | 10.6% | 13.6% | 11.7% | 9.0% | 9.8% | 15.4% | 19.3% | 13.1% | 9.4% | 8.1% | 11.5% | 14.6% | 19.1% | 12.4% | 8.4% | 10.9% | 11.0% | 11.0% | 9.6% | 9.4% | 10.4% | 12.3% | 9.2% | 11.2% | 14.0% | 4.6% | 7.2% | 5.1% | 8.0% | 8.2% | 8.6% | 20.3% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 8.3% | 9.9% | 12.5% | 11.4% | 8.4% | ||
Good | 30.2% | 29.6% | 30.5% | 30.2% | 32.1% | 33.1% | 35.1% | 37.3% | 28.0% | 27.7% | 31.2% | 33.4% | 34.8% | 30.4% | 29.9% | 30.1% | 31.6% | 29.2% | 29.8% | 30.4% | 32.5% | 18.5% | 20.5% | 27.7% | 35.3% | 21.1% | 8.3% | 15.9% | 24.0% | 36.8% | 38.4% | 42.3% | 28.1% | 28.3% | 31.1% | 31.0% | 34.1% | 35.6% | 26.3% | ||
Fair | 38.9% | 40.0% | 36.0% | 40.0% | 38.8% | 36.6% | 33.8% | 34.7% | 39.6% | 40.6% | 39.5% | 35.4% | 34.1% | 37.3% | 40.8% | 34.3% | 40.1% | 38.5% | 41.5% | 43.7% | 38.5% | 42.0% | 42.8% | 36.3% | 38.1% | 40.3% | 24.5% | 44.1% | 48.0% | 41.6% | 40.4% | 31.0% | 38.2% | 39.8% | 43.2% | 42.1% | 37.8% | 39.2% | 38.4% | ||
Poor | 18.9% | 15.7% | 20.2% | 19.3% | 17.8% | 14.4% | 10.8% | 10.6% | 21.9% | 22.7% | 16.7% | 15.7% | 11.2% | 18.3% | 19.6% | 23.1% | 16.6% | 20.1% | 17.1% | 14.2% | 17.5% | 24.7% | 24.1% | 23.0% | 11.6% | 31.8% | 57.9% | 33.1% | 18.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 5.6% | 22.0% | 20.6% | 16.1% | 16.7% | 14.7% | 12.6% | 24.5% | ||
Personal Finances Better/Worse | Government | Entrepreneur | Company | Healthcare | Acctg & Finance | IT | Legal | Manufacturing | Other Service | Full-Time | Managers | Pvt Mgr | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Investor | Non-Inv | under $20k | $20-$40k | $40-$60k | $60-$75k | $75-$100k | $100k+ | under 50 | 50-100 | 100-250 | 250-500 | 500 + | Married | Not Married | ||||
Better | 20.7% | 23.4% | 20.7% | 19.8% | 20.3% | 23.9% | 29.0% | 28.9% | 19.4% | 19.1% | 21.9% | 24.2% | 27.9% | 23.6% | 17.3% | 24.3% | 23.4% | 19.8% | 16.2% | 16.9% | 21.0% | 19.2% | 16.6% | 22.7% | 22.8% | 17.0% | 13.8% | 14.1% | 20.5% | 20.3% | 22.9% | 27.6% | 20.4% | 20.2% | 20.1% | 20.4% | 21.9% | 20.9% | 20.7% | ||
Worse | 53.2% | 51.4% | 52.1% | 54.5% | 53.3% | 51.4% | 46.7% | 45.7% | 57.4% | 54.8% | 52.3% | 51.0% | 49.6% | 50.0% | 57.1% | 48.7% | 47.5% | 55.5% | 60.3% | 58.1% | 53.2% | 57.2% | 54.7% | 47.7% | 51.4% | 56.6% | 68.6% | 62.0% | 53.0% | 49.2% | 51.9% | 47.5% | 52.9% | 55.3% | 54.4% | 60.0% | 51.3% | 54.6% | 52.9% | ||
Same | 23.9% | 23.4% | 24.3% | 23.9% | 24.2% | 23.4% | 23.0% | 24.1% | 21.6% | 23.9% | 24.2% | 23.2% | 21.4% | 24.4% | 23.4% | 24.3% | 27.6% | 22.2% | 21.7% | 22.8% | 24.1% | 20.4% | 24.9% | 26.8% | 24.2% | 23.5% | 13.4% | 21.9% | 23.6% | 29.2% | 24.6% | 23.9% | 24.2% | 21.4% | 24.1% | 17.7% | 25.7% | 22.9% | 23.4% | ||
IsY our Organization Hiring? | Government | Entrepreneur | Company | Healthcare | Acctg & Finance | IT | Legal | Manufacturing | Other Service | Full-Time | Managers | Pvt Mgr | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Investor | Non-Inv | under $20k | $20-$40k | $40-$60k | $60-$75k | $75-$100k | $100k+ | under 50 | 50-100 | 100-250 | 250-500 | 500 + | Married | Not Married | ||||
Hiring | 17.1% | 15.9% | 11.5% | 20.4% | 23.1% | 16.9% | 22.8% | 12.1% | 17.9% | 14.9% | 18.5% | 17.3% | 24.5% | 19.7% | 14.0% | 21.0% | 18.7% | 15.8% | 14.4% | 11.1% | 17.5% | 17.6% | 12.9% | 14.6% | 18.0% | 15.5% | 13.9% | 15.5% | 15.4% | 17.9% | 18.4% | 20.0% | 12.2% | 20.7% | 22.2% | 17.7% | 21.0% | 16.8% | 16.2% | ||
Laying Off | 21.4% | 20.2% | 17.8% | 23.6% | 17.1% | 24.4% | 22.6% | 19.5% | 26.2% | 21.5% | 21.9% | 21.5% | 23.1% | 23.0% | 19.5% | 22.0% | 21.6% | 21.9% | 21.3% | 14.8% | 20.2% | 22.6% | 31.1% | 26.8% | 20.0% | 23.8% | 29.0% | 25.7% | 19.6% | 18.7% | 21.0% | 20.2% | 17.2% | 23.2% | 22.8% | 24.0% | 25.6% | 18.9% | 21.2% | ||
No Change | 53.7% | 55.0% | 64.9% | 47.4% | 51.3% | 53.8% | 46.0% | 62.4% | 49.1% | 55.9% | 52.6% | 57.0% | 48.7% | 50.4% | 57.5% | 50.7% | 52.7% | 54.1% | 55.5% | 61.3% | 55.5% | 45.3% | 47.0% | 49.3% | 55.4% | 50.6% | 47.0% | 47.4% | 58.5% | 55.9% | 54.6% | 53.9% | 65.3% | 48.5% | 48.2% | 50.4% | 44.3% | 56.9% | 53.0% | ||
Are you Happy with your Job? | Government | Entrepreneur | Company | Healthcare | Acctg & Finance | IT | Legal | Manufacturing | Other Service | Full-Time | Managers | Pvt Mgr | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Investor | Non-Inv | under $20k | $20-$40k | $40-$60k | $60-$75k | $75-$100k | $100k+ | under 50 | 50-100 | 100-250 | 250-500 | 500 + | Married | Not Married | ||||
Yes | 77.9% | 78.9% | 80.5% | 76.2% | 77.7% | 77.1% | 80.9% | 80.7% | 75.1% | 77.9% | 80.0% | 82.3% | 86.4% | 76.7% | 79.4% | 74.1% | 79.2% | 78.6% | 78.8% | 81.3% | 79.5% | 69.5% | 72.2% | 76.6% | 83.2% | 68.5% | 55.8% | 70.3% | 77.0% | 81.8% | 83.2% | 86.0% | 79.2% | 75.5% | 78.4% | 77.7% | 78.7% | 81.1% | 73.1% | ||
No | 15.4% | 15.6% | 12.5% | 16.9% | 16.3% | 17.5% | 14.0% | 11.2% | 18.2% | 15.8% | 14.2% | 12.4% | 9.9% | 16.3% | 14.5% | 20.7% | 14.1% | 14.7% | 13.8% | 10.0% | 14.9% | 20.6% | 17.5% | 13.2% | 11.5% | 22.5% | 31.4% | 21.9% | 16.3% | 13.0% | 11.4% | 10.0% | 14.6% | 16.3% | 16.0% | 17.1% | 15.7% | 13.4% | 19.8% | ||
Worried About Losing Your Job? | Government | Entrepreneur | Company | Healthcare | Acctg & Finance | IT | Legal | Manufacturing | Other Service | Full-Time | Managers | Pvt Mgr | Men | Women | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Investor | Non-Inv | under $20k | $20-$40k | $40-$60k | $60-$75k | $75-$100k | $100k+ | under 50 | 50-100 | 100-250 | 250-500 | 500 + | Married | Not Married | ||||
Yes | 22.9% | 16.6% | 22.6% | 25.2% | 19.1% | 22.9% | 25.7% | 14.2% | 31.4% | 22.6% | 22.5% | 21.6% | 21.9% | 24.3% | 21.2% | 24.7% | 23.4% | 23.9% | 20.8% | 16.0% | 21.7% | 23.8% | 33.5% | 28.0% | 20.0% | 28.1% | 40.2% | 29.0% | 23.4% | 21.2% | 19.8% | 16.8% | 23.8% | 23.2% | 22.4% | 24.1% | 21.8% | 17.5% | 23.4% | ||
No | 67.2% | 74.4% | 66.6% | 65.1% | 70.2% | 69.5% | 66.9% | 77.6% | 57.6% | 67.5% | 68.3% | 70.0% | 70.7% | 66.4% | 68.2% | 67.3% | 69.0% | 64.3% | 67.7% | 71.3% | 69.4% | 61.2% | 53.5% | 60.5% | 72.0% | 58.8% | 47.1% | 57.2% | 66.3% | 70.2% | 71.5% | 77.5% | 66.0% | 66.3% | 68.8% | 66.7% | 69.7% | 72.1% | 65.6% | ||
Sample size | 9,118 | 1,677 | 2,532 | 4,909 | 558 | 1,219 | 796 | 617 | 193 | 664 | 7,319 | 2,266 | 545 | 4,965 | 4,152 | 1,977 | 2,292 | 2,329 | 2,133 | 387 | 7,127 | 909 | 659 | 423 | 5,831 | 3,286 | 718 | 1,497 | 1,700 | 1,169 | 1,448 | 2,172 | 3,602 | 853 | 906 | 584 | 2,893 | 6,574 | 2,544 | ||
Employment Index - October 2008 |