Economy

Line graph. Trend from 2001 to 2020 in Americans' views of whether it is now a good time to find a quality job. High of 71% in May 2019 and low of 8% in November 2009 and November 2011. Current reading, from August 2020, is 29% who say it is a good time to find a job.

Economic Confidence -- Current Conditions

How would you rate economic conditions in this country today -- as excellent, good, only fair or poor?

	Excellent	Good	Only fair	Poor	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
2020
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	4	24	41	30	1
2020 Jul 1-23	4	25	38	33	*
2020 May 28-Jun 4	4	19	41	36	1
2020 May 1-13	4	18	35	42	*
2020 Apr 14-28	4	19	33	43	1
2020 Apr 1-14	7	20	34	39	1
2020 Mar 2-13	15	39	35	11	*
2020 Feb 3-16	24	39	28	9	*
2020 Jan 2-15	22	40	30	8	*
2019
2019 Dec 2-15	18	37	33	12	*
2019 Nov 1-14	16	39	35	9	*
2019 Oct 1-13	15	37	34	13	1
2019 Sep 3-15	15	35	36	14	*
2019 Aug 1-14	14	40	33	13	*
2019 Jul 1-12	16	37	34	12	1
2019 Jun 3-16	13	40	33	14	1
2019 May 1-12	11	40	37	12	*
2019 Apr 1-9	14	36	36	14	*
2019 Mar 1-10	13	40	35	12	*
2019 Feb 1-10	14	43	31	12	1
2019 Jan 2-10	12	37	36	14	1
2018
2018 Dec 3-12	10	40	37	12	1
2018 Nov 1-11	17	38	31	14	*
2018 Oct 15-28	14	41	32	12	1
2018 Oct 1-10	14	40	33	12	*
2018 Sep 4-12	14	37	35	13	*
2018 Aug 1-12	12	42	33	13	1
2018 Jul 1-11	11	44	33	12	1
2018 Jun 1-13	10	41	36	13	*
2018 May 1-10	4	41	38	15	1
2018 Apr 2-11	7	36	43	13	1
2018 Mar 1-8	8	41	39	12	*
2018 Feb 1-10	9	41	36	14	*
2018 Jan 2-7	8	37	39	16	*
2017
2017 Dec 4-11	7	36	38	18	1
2017 Apr 5-9	3	37	46	14	1
2016
2016 Apr 6-10	2	23	46	28	*
2015
2015 Apr 9-12	1	27	46	25	1
2014
2014 Apr 6-9	1	18	49	32	*
2013
2013 Apr 4-14	1	19	47	33	1
2012
2012 Apr 9-12	1	11	47	40	*
2011
2011 Apr 7-11	1	8	40	50	1
2010
2010 May 24-25	1	9	40	50	*
2010 Apr 8-11	*	9	45	46	*
2009
2009 Apr 6-9	1	4	34	61	*
2009 Feb 9-12 ^	1	6	23	69	*
2008
2008 Dec 4-7	*	4	28	67	*
2008 Nov 13-16	*	6	29	65	*
2008 Oct 10-12	1	4	22	73	*
2008 Oct 3-5	2	7	29	62	1
2008 Sep 8-11	*	11	40	47	1
2008 Aug 21-23	2	14	35	49	*
2008 Aug 7-10	1	12	43	43	1
2008 Jul 10-13	1	9	42	47	1
2008 Jun 9-12	2	7	42	49	1
2008 May 8-11	1	9	41	49	*
2008 Apr 6-9	1	12	40	46	*
2008 Mar 6-9	2	15	44	39	*
2008 Feb 11-14	1	13	46	39	1
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	2	17	39	42	1
2008 Jan 4-6	3	29	43	25	1
2007
2007 Dec 6-9	3	25	45	27	1
2007 Nov 11-14	2	25	44	28	1
2007 Oct 4-7	5	28	44	23	*
2007 Sep 14-16	3	28	46	23	*
2007 Aug 13-16	4	29	46	20	1
2007 Jul 12-15	8	32	40	20	*
2007 Jul 6-8	8	28	42	21	*
2007 Jun 11-14	5	29	43	23	*
2007 May 10-13	4	28	45	23	*
2007 Apr 2-5	8	35	40	18	*
2007 Mar 11-14	6	32	47	15	*
2007 Feb 1-4	8	35	41	16	*
2007 Jan 15-18	11	41	33	15	*
2006
2006 Dec 11-14	8	34	41	16	1
2006 Nov 9-12	8	32	43	16	--
2006 Oct 20-22	9	35	33	22	1
2006 Oct 9-12	7	34	42	16	1
2006 Sep 7-10	5	29	44	22	1
2006 Aug 7-10	5	31	43	21	*
2006 Jul 6-9	5	33	42	19	1
2006 Jun 1-4	6	30	46	18	*
2006 May 8-11	4	25	45	25	*
2006 Apr 10-13	5	33	40	23	--
2006 Mar 13-16	4	30	45	20	1
2006 Feb 6-9	4	34	42	20	*
2006 Jan 20-22	5	34	41	18	1
2006 Jan 9-12	8	35	37	18	1
2005
2005 Dec 19-22	6	33	39	22	*
2005 Dec 5-8	6	31	43	20	*
2005 Nov 17-20	5	32	39	24	*
2005 Nov 7-10	3	29	47	21	*
2005 Oct 24-26	3	26	45	25	1
2005 Oct 13-16	3	25	46	26	*
2005 Sep 26-28	3	28	41	27	1
2005 Sep 12-15	3	28	44	25	*
2005 Aug 22-25	4	30	42	24	*
2005 Aug 8-11	4	32	46	18	*
2005 Jul 25-28	4	28	44	23	1
2005 Jul 7-10	3	33	45	18	1
2005 Jun 16-19	4	33	40	23	*
2005 Jun 6-8	4	31	45	20	*
2005 May 23-26	3	37	41	19	*
2005 May 2-5	1	30	44	25	*
2005 Apr 18-21	2	29	44	24	1
2005 Apr 4-7	3	29	49	18	1
2005 Mar 21-23	2	30	43	24	1
2005 Mar 7-10	3	32	48	16	1
2005 Feb 21-24	5	33	42	20	*
2005 Feb 7-10	3	37	44	16	*
2005 Jan 3-5	3	38	42	17	*
2004
2004 Dec 5-8	2	35	43	19	1
2004 Nov 7-10	3	33	44	20	*
2004 Oct 11-14	2	32	44	22	*
2004 Oct 9-10	4	31	40	24	1
2004 Sep 13-15	3	36	39	22	*
2004 Aug 9-11	3	36	40	21	*
2004 Jul 30-Aug 1	6	32	39	23	*
2004 Jul 8-11	5	32	41	21	1
2004 Jun 3-6	3	32	44	21	*
2004 May 2-4	2	27	43	27	1
2004 Apr 5-8	3	31	44	22	*
2004 Mar 8-11	2	30	44	24	*
2004 Feb 9-12	2	31	46	21	--
2004 Jan 12-15	3	34	42	21	--
2004 Jan 2-5	3	40	41	16	*
2003
2003 Dec 11-14	3	34	44	19	*
2003 Nov 3-5	2	28	49	21	*
2003 Oct 24-26	2	24	44	30	*
2003 Oct 6-8	2	20	50	27	1
2003 Sep 8-10	1	20	49	30	*
2003 Aug 4-6	1	24	52	23	*
2003 Jul 7-9	1	23	50	26	*
2003 Jun 12-15	1	25	49	25	*
2003 May 19-21	1	20	47	31	1
2003 May 5-7	1	21	50	28	*
2003 Apr 7-9	2	25	51	22	*
2003 Mar 29-30	1	25	51	23	*
2003 Mar 24-25	3	30	47	20	--
2003 Mar 3-5	1	21	46	32	*
2003 Feb 17-19	1	17	48	34	*
2003 Feb 3-6	2	20	53	25	*
2003 Jan 20-22	1	19	49	31	*
2003 Jan 13-16	2	20	50	28	*
2002
2002 Dec 19-22	1	23	48	28	*
2002 Dec 5-8	2	23	51	24	*
2002 Nov 22-24	2	30	45	23	*
2002 Oct 31-Nov 3	2	26	45	26	1
2002 Oct 3-6	2	24	46	27	1
2002 Sep 23-26	2	25	47	25	1
2002 Sep 5-8	2	22	53	23	*
2002 Aug 19-21	1	23	47	28	1
2002 Aug 5-8	1	27	52	19	1
2002 Jul 29-31	2	27	48	22	1
2002 Jul 22-24	2	25	48	24	1
2002 Jul 9-11	2	26	51	20	1
2002 Jun 17-19	2	35	43	19	1
2002 Jun 3-6	3	33	49	14	1
2002 May 20-22	3	38	46	12	1
2002 May 6-9	2	33	51	14	*
2002 Apr 22-24	2	37	46	14	1
2002 Apr 8-11	2	36	51	11	*
2002 Mar 4-7	3	31	51	14	1
2002 Feb 4-6	2	26	55	16	1
2002 Jan 7-9	2	27	54	16	1
2001
2001 Dec 6-9	2	29	53	16	*
2001 Nov 8-11	2	29	50	19	*
2001 Oct 11-14	2	36	48	13	1
2001 Sep 14-15	3	43	44	9	1
2001 Sep 7-10	2	30	49	19	*
2001 Aug 16-19	2	34	49	14	1
2001 Jul 19-22	3	38	47	11	1
2001 Jun 11-17	3	39	45	12	1
2001 May 10-14	3	37	45	15	*
2001 Apr 6-8	4	41	41	14	*
2001 Mar 5-7	3	43	43	10	1
2001 Feb 1-4	7	44	36	13	*
2001 Jan 10-14	11	56	27	6	*
2000
2000 Dec 2-4	12	51	28	8	1
2000 Nov 13-15	19	53	21	7	*
2000 Oct 6-9	14	57	24	4	1
2000 Aug 18-19	25	49	21	4	1
2000 Jul 25-26	26	48	21	4	1
2000 May 18-21	17	49	24	9	1
2000 Apr 3-9	14	46	30	9	1
2000 Jan 7-10	19	52	23	5	1
1999
1999 Oct 21-24	16	49	27	8	*
1999 Sep 10-14	20	47	24	8	1
1999 Aug 24-26	14	50	28	7	1
1999 Jun 4-5	18	56	21	5	*
1999 Jan 15-17	14	55	27	4	*
1998
1998 Dec 4-6	13	52	27	8	*
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	13	53	27	6	1
1998 Sep 1	11	54	25	9	1
1998 Mar 20-22	20	46	27	7	*
1997
1997 Dec 18-21	7	41	38	12	2
1997 Nov 6-9	10	48	33	9	*
1997 Aug 22-25 ^	8	41	38	13	*
1997 May 6-7	7	39	38	15	1
1997 Jan 31-Feb 2	4	38	43	15	*
1996
1996 Oct 26-29	5	42	39	13	1
1996 Aug 30-Sep 1 #	3	34	46	16	1
1996 Jul 18-21	5	38	43	14	*
1996 May 9-12	3	27	50	19	1
1996 Apr 9-10	1	26	52	20	1
1996 Mar 15-17	2	31	48	18	1
1996 Jan 5-7	1	28	47	23	1
1995
1995 Nov 6-8	2	28	47	22	1
1995 May 11-14	2	27	50	20	1
1994
1994 Dec 16-18	2	25	52	21	*
1994 Nov 2-6	2	28	49	20	1
1994 Oct 22-25	1	25	52	21	1
1994 Jul 15-17	1	26	52	21	*
1994 Apr 22-24	1	23	49	26	1
1994 Jan 15-17	*	22	54	24	*
1993
1993 Dec 4-6	1	20	57	21	1
1993 Nov 2-4	1	16	50	33	*
1993 Aug 8-10	*	10	49	40	1
1993 Jun 29-30	1	14	52	32	1
1993 Feb 12-14	*	14	46	39	1
1992
1992 Dec 18-20	2	16	34	47	1
1992 Dec 4-6	1	14	41	43	1
1992 Oct 23-25	*	11	45	43	1
1992 Sep 11-15	1	10	37	51	1
1992 Aug 31-Sep 2 #	1	9	37	53	*
1992 Jun 12-14 #	1	11	47	41	*
1992 Apr 9-12 #	1	11	40	48	*
1992 Jan 3-6	*	12	46	41	1
Note: Based on non-tracking polls. * Less than 0.5%; ^ Asked of a half sample; # Asked of registered voters
Gallup

Economic Confidence -- Economic Outlook

Right now, do you think that economic conditions in the country as a whole are getting better or getting worse?

	Getting better	Getting worse	Same (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2020
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	32	61	6	1
2020 Jul 1-23	35	60	4	1
2020 May 28-Jun 4	33	62	3	1
2020 May 1-13	31	67	2	1
2020 Apr 14-28	26	71	1	1
2020 Apr 1-14	22	74	3	1
2020 Mar 2-13	47	47	5	1
2020 Feb 3-16	61	33	5	1
2020 Jan 2-15	59	33	6	1
2019
2019 Dec 2-15	51	42	6	1
2019 Nov 1-14	52	41	5	2
2019 Oct 1-13	47	45	6	2
2019 Sep 3-15	46	48	5	1
2019 Aug 1-14	50	43	5	2
2019 Jul 1-12	54	37	6	3
2019 Jun 3-16	49	45	6	1
2019 May 1-12	54	41	3	2
2019 Apr 1-9	49	44	6	1
2019 Mar 1-10	52	41	6	1
2019 Feb 1-10	54	36	9	1
2019 Jan 2-10	44	48	5	3
2018
2018 Dec 3-12	47	45	6	2
2018 Nov 1-11	57	36	5	2
2018 Oct 15-28	53	39	6	2
2018 Oct 1-10	57	34	6	3
2018 Sep 4-12	55	37	6	1
2018 Aug 1-12	57	38	4	2
2018 Jul 1-11	55	38	5	2
2018 Jun 1-13	56	35	7	2
2018 May 1-10	54	41	4	1
2018 Apr 2-11	46	45	7	2
2018 Mar 1-8	52	39	7	2
2018 Feb 1-10	55	36	7	2
2018 Jan 2-7	50	43	5	2
2017
2017 Dec 4-11	46	46	5	3
2017 Apr 5-9	53	34	10	3
2016
2016 Apr 6-10	38	53	8	1
2015
2015 Apr 9-12	49	39	9	2
2014
2014 Apr 3-6	42	48	9	1
2013
2013 Apr 4-14	48	42	9	1
2012
2012 Apr 9-12	49	43	6	2
2011
2011 Apr 7-11	39	50	9	2
2010
2010 May 24-25	49	43	6	2
2010 Apr 8-11	49	38	10	2
2009
2009 Apr 6-9	34	51	11	4
2009 Feb 9-12	11	77	9	3
2008
2008 Dec 4-7	13	77	8	2
2008 Nov 13-16	15	78	5	2
2008 Oct 10-12	9	84	5	3
2008 Oct 3-5	10	83	5	2
2008 Sep 8-11	17	74	7	2
2008 Aug 21-23	19	69	9	3
2008 Aug 7-10	17	71	10	2
2008 Jul 10-13	7	86	6	1
2008 Jun 9-12	8	87	4	1
2008 May 8-11	9	86	4	1
2008 Apr 6-9	10	83	6	1
2008 Mar 6-9	8	87	4	2
2008 Feb 11-14	11	82	5	1
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	15	76	6	3
2008 Jan 4-6	15	77	6	2
2007
2007 Dec 6-9	21	71	6	2
2007 Nov 11-14	13	78	6	3
2007 Oct 4-7	23	66	8	3
2007 Sep 14-16	20	71	7	2
2007 Aug 13-16	20	72	6	2
2007 Jul 12-15	29	59	10	3
2007 Jul 6-8	30	61	7	3
2007 Jun 11-14	23	70	6	2
2007 May 10-13	28	67	5	1
2007 Apr 2-5	29	60	9	2
2007 Mar 11-14	28	62	7	3
2007 Feb 1-4	38	52	7	2
2007 Jan 15-18	38	53	6	3
2006
2006 Dec 11-14	35	54	8	2
2006 Nov 9-12	38	50	8	4
2006 Oct 20-22	41	54	4	2
2006 Oct 9-12	38	52	7	3
2006 Sep 7-10	31	61	6	2
2006 Aug 28-30	22	68	8	2
2006 Jul 6-9	28	64	7	2
2006 Jun 1-4	28	61	9	3
2006 May 8-11	26	68	4	2
2006 Apr 10-13	29	64	5	2
2006 Mar 13-16	29	61	8	2
2006 Feb 6-9	34	57	7	3
2006 Jan 20-22	35	54	7	3
2006 Jan 9-12	39	52	7	2
2005
2005 Dec 19-22	37	56	5	2
2005 Dec 5-8	39	50	8	3
2005 Nov 17-20	36	58	5	1
2005 Nov 7-10	30	61	7	2
2005 Oct 24-26	25	66	7	2
2005 Oct 13-16	24	68	6	2
2005 Sep 26-28	24	66	7	3
2005 Sep 12-15	25	66	7	2
2005 Aug 22-25	28	63	7	2
2005 Aug 8-11	36	52	9	3
2005 Jul 25-28	35	53	9	3
2005 Jul 7-10	35	54	8	3
2005 Jun 16-19	35	57	6	2
2005 Jun 6-8	35	55	8	2
2005 May 23-26	41	52	5	2
2005 May 2-5	32	61	6	1
2005 Apr 18-21	31	61	5	3
2005 Apr 4-7	35	56	6	3
2005 Mar 21-23	33	59	6	2
2005 Mar 7-10	41	50	6	3
2005 Feb 21-24	43	48	7	2
2005 Feb 7-10	47	44	7	2
2005 Jan 3-5	48	42	7	3
2004
2004 Dec 5-8	47	42	8	3
2004 Nov 7-10	49	43	6	2
2004 Oct 11-14	39	50	8	3
2004 Oct 9-10	43	48	7	2
2004 Sep 13-15	47	45	6	2
2004 Aug 9-11	45	46	7	2
2004 Jul 30-Aug 1	48	43	7	2
2004 Jul 8-11	51	38	7	4
2004 Jun 3-6	47	45	6	2
2004 May 2-4	43	51	4	2
2004 Apr 5-8	47	45	6	2
2004 Mar 8-11	44	47	7	2
2004 Feb 9-12	53	40	6	1
2004 Jan 12-15	53	39	6	2
2004 Jan 2-5	66	27	4	3
2003
2003 Dec 11-14	60	32	7	1
2003 Nov 3-5	53	37	8	2
2003 Oct 24-26	47	43	8	2
2003 Oct 6-8	45	46	7	2
2003 Sep 8-10	40	50	8	2
2003 Aug 4-6	44	45	9	2
2003 Jul 7-9	43	47	8	2
2003 Jun 12-15	45	43	10	2
2003 May 19-21	40	48	10	2
2003 May 5-7	42	51	5	2
2003 Apr 7-9	36	51	11	2
2003 Mar 29-30	33	56	9	2
2003 Mar 24-25	39	47	11	3
2003 Mar 3-5	23	67	7	3
2003 Feb 17-19	26	63	9	2
2003 Feb 3-6	27	60	11	2
2003 Jan 20-22	29	57	12	2
2003 Jan 13-16	34	54	10	2
2002
2002 Dec 19-22	35	50	12	3
2002 Dec 5-8	35	54	8	3
2002 Nov 22-24	38	53	8	1
2002 Oct 31-Nov 3	37	51	8	4
2002 Oct 3-6	30	59	8	3
2002 Sep 23-26	33	52	10	5
2002 Sep 5-8	35	54	9	2
2002 Aug 19-21	38	48	10	4
2002 Aug 5-8	32	55	9	4
2002 Jul 29-31	42	47	8	3
2002 Jul 22-24	27	59	10	4
2002 Jul 9-11	31	57	10	2
2002 Jun 17-19	47	40	10	3
2002 Jun 3-6	48	38	11	3
2002 May 20-22	49	34	14	3
2002 May 6-9	52	39	7	2
2002 Apr 22-24	53	35	10	2
2002 Apr 8-11	53	37	7	3
2002 Mar 4-7	54	37	7	2
2002 Feb 4-6	41	47	10	2
2002 Jan 7-9	49	41	8	2
2001
2001 Dec 6-9	44	48	6	2
2001 Nov 8-11	30	59	7	4
2001 Oct 11-14	33	55	10	2
2001 Sep 14-15	28	60	8	4
2001 Sep 7-10	19	70	9	2
2001 Aug 16-19	27	59	11	3
2001 Jul 19-22	35	53	9	3
2001 Jun 11-17	29	60	8	3
2001 May 10-14	25	63	9	3
2001 Apr 6-8	24	63	9	4
2001 Mar 5-7	28	61	7	4
2001 Feb 1-4	23	66	8	3
2001 Jan 10-14	32	56	8	4
2000
2000 Dec 2-4	39	48	8	5
2000 Nov 13-15	50	38	9	3
2000 Oct 6-9	54	34	10	2
2000 Aug 18-19	60	26	10	4
2000 Jul 25-26	58	29	9	4
2000 May 18-21	52	37	9	2
2000 Jan 7-10	69	23	6	2
1999
1999 Oct 21-24	52	34	11	3
1999 Sep 10-14	59	29	9	3
1999 Aug 24-26	54	31	12	3
1999 Jun 4-5	60	27	9	4
1999 Jan 15-17	63	28	6	3
1998
1998 Dec 4-6	52	38	8	2
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	51	38	8	3
1998 Sep 1	45	41	11	3
1997
1997 Dec 18-21	49	39	8	4
1997 Nov 6-9	51	37	9	3
1997 May 6-7	50	40	7	3
1997 Jan 31-Feb 2	46	39	12	3
1996
1996 Oct 26-29	50	38	7	5
1996 Aug 30-Sep 1 #	52	37	8	3
1996 Jul 18-21	43	46	9	2
1996 May 9-12	39	49	9	3
1992
1992 Aug 31-Sep 2 #	29	59	10	2
1992 Aug 10-12 #	24	65	10	1
1992 Jun 12-14 #	28	61	9	2
1992 Apr 9-12 #	40	45	13	2
1992 Mar 20-22 #	37	51	11	1
1992 Jan 31-Feb 1 #	22	70	7	1
1992 Jan 3-6 #	22	71	6	1
1991
1991 Dec 5-8	19	69	9	3
1991 Sep 5-8	27	60	10	3
1991 Jul 11-14	34	51	9	6
Note: Based on non-tracking polls. (vol.) = Volunteered response; # Based on registered voters
Gallup

Thinking about the job situation in America today, would you say that it is now a good time or a bad time to find a quality job?

Based on national adults

	Good time	Bad time	No opinion
	%	%	%
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	29	69	2
2020 Apr 1-14	22	77	1
2020 Jan 2-15	68	30	2
2019 Nov 1-14	65	34	2
2019 Oct 1-13	65	32	3
2019 Aug 1-14	69	29	2
2019 Jul 1-12	67	31	3
2019 Jun 3-16	66	32	2
2019 May 1-12	71	27	2
2019 Apr 1-9	65	32	3
2019 Mar 1-10	65	33	2
2019 Feb 1-10	69	29	2
2019 Jan 2-10	66	31	4
2018 Dec 3-12	66	30	4
2018 Nov 1-11	68	28	4
2018 Oct 1-10	68	28	3
2018 Sep 4-12	64	32	4
2018 Aug 1-12	65	32	4
2018 Jul 1-11	68	27	5
2018 Jun 1-13	65	32	3
2018 May 1-10	67	31	2
2018 Apr 2-11	62	35	3
2018 Mar 1-8	64	31	4
2018 Feb 1-10	64	33	3
2018 Jan 2-7	57	39	4
2017 Dec 4-11	62	34	3
2017 Nov 2-8	62	34	5
2017 Oct 5-11	61	33	5
2017 Sep 6-10	61	36	3
2017 Aug 2-6	59	36	5
2017 Jul 5-9	53	43	5
2017 Jun 7-11	58	36	6
2017 May 3-7	53	43	4
2017 Apr 5-9	50	45	5
2017 Mar 1-5	53	42	5
2017 Feb 1-5	54	42	4
2017 Jan 4-8	50	46	4
2016 Dec 7-11	43	53	4
2016 Nov 9-13	43	53	5
2016 Oct 5-9	42	54	3
2016 Sep 7-11	44	52	4
2016 Aug 3-7	39	57	5
2016 Jul 13-17	43	53	4
2016 Jun 1-5	43	53	4
2016 May 4-8	42	54	4
2016 Apr 6-10	40	58	3
2016 Mar 2-6	42	54	4
2016 Feb 3-7	40	56	4
2016 Jan 6-10	45	50	5
2015 Dec 2-6	44	52	4
2015 Nov 4-8	42	55	3
2015 Oct 7-11	43	55	3
2015 Sep 9-13	45	51	4
2015 Aug 5-9	39	56	5
2015 Jul 8-12	38	57	5
2015 Jun 2-7	41	55	4
2015 May 6-10	43	54	3
2015 Apr 9-12	43	53	4
2015 Mar 5-8	42	53	5
2015 Feb 8-11	40	56	5
2015 Jan 5-8	45	50	5
2014 Dec 8-11	36	61	2
2014 Nov 6-9	30	66	4
2014 Oct 12-15	31	66	3
2014 Sep 4-7	29	67	4
2014 Aug 7-10	30	64	6
2014 Jul 7-10	35	61	4
2014 Jun 5-8	28	68	5
2014 May 8-11	26	70	4
2014 Apr 3-6	30	66	3
2014 Mar 6-9	28	68	4
2014 Feb 6-9	27	70	3
2014 Jan 5-8	25	71	4
2013 Dec 5-8	24	73	4
2013 Nov 7-10	26	70	4
2013 Oct 3-6	22	75	3
2013 Sep 5-8	27	70	3
2013 Aug 7-11	21	76	4
2013 Jul 10-14	25	70	4
2013 Jun 1-4	26	70	4
2013 May 2-7	24	73	3
2013 Apr 4-7	26	71	3
2013 Mar 7-10	22	74	3
2013 Feb 7-10	23	73	4
2013 Jan 7-10	25	70	5
2012 Dec 14-17	19	76	5
2012 Nov 15-18	24	73	3
2012 Oct 15-16	22	73	5
2012 Sep 6-9	20	76	4
2012 Aug 9-12	17	81	2
2012 Jul 9-12	17	81	2
2012 Jun 7-10	20	78	2
2012 May 3-6	19	80	2
2012 Apr 9-12	21	77	2
2012 Mar 8-11	19	78	3
2012 Feb 2-5	13	85	2
2012 Jan 5-8	15	81	4
2011 Dec 15-18	12	87	2
2011 Nov 3-6	8	90	2
2011 Oct 6-9	10	88	2
2011 Sep 8-11	9	89	2
2011 Aug 11-14	12	86	2
2011 Jul 7-10	10	88	3
2011 Jun 9-12	11	86	3
2011 May 5-8	15	82	3
2011 Apr 7-11	17	81	2
2011 Mar 3-6	13	83	4
2011 Feb 2-5	12	86	2
2011 Jan 7-9	13	84	3
2010 Dec 10-12	13	84	3
2010 Nov 4-7	11	86	3
2010 Oct 7-10	9	88	3
2010 Sep 13-16	10	88	2
2010 Aug 5-8	10	88	2
2010 Jul 8-11	12	85	2
2010 Jun 11-13	13	85	2
2010 May 3-6	12	86	2
2010 Apr 8-11	11	88	2
2010 Mar 4-7	10	88	1
2010 Feb 1-3	11	88	1
2010 Jan 8-10	9	90	1
2009 Dec 11-13	9	89	2
2009 Nov 5-8	8	89	3
2009 Oct 1-4	10	88	2
2009 Aug 31-Sep 2	10	87	2
2009 Aug 6-9	9	90	1
2009 Jul 10-12	11	87	2
2009 Jun 14-17	11	86	2
2009 May 7-10	9	89	2
2009 Apr 6-9	10	89	2
2009 Mar 5-8	9	90	1
2009 Feb 9-12	9	90	1
2009 Jan 9-11	13	86	2
2008 Dec 4-7	10	88	2
2008 Nov 13-16	12	86	2
2008 Oct 3-5	14	82	3
2008 Sep 8-11	20	76	3
2008 Aug 7-10	20	75	5
2008 Jul 10-13	19	76	5
2008 Jun 9-12	21	74	5
2008 May 8-11	23	73	4
2008 Apr 6-9	20	75	5
2008 Mar 6-9	26	69	5
2008 Feb 11-14	26	71	3
2008 Jan 4-6	33	60	7
2007 Dec 6-9	35	57	8
2007 Nov 11-14	38	55	7
2007 Oct 4-7	39	56	5
2007 Sep 14-16	39	55	5
2007 Aug 13-16	42	51	7
2007 Jul 12-15	43	50	7
2007 Jun 11-14	43	53	5
2007 May 10-13	47	50	3
2007 Apr 2-5	46	49	5
2007 Mar 11-14	45	49	6
2007 Feb 1-4	45	50	5
2007 Jan 15-18	48	47	5
2006 Dec 11-14	44	50	6
2006 Nov 9-12	41	53	5
2006 Oct 9-12	40	54	6
2006 Sep 7-10	41	54	5
2006 Aug 7-10	42	53	5
2006 Jul 6-9	42	51	7
2006 Jun 1-4	41	53	6
2006 May 8-11	42	52	6
2006 Apr 10-13	41	53	6
2006 Mar 13-16	41	55	5
2005 Dec 19-22	40	56	4
2005 Dec 5-8	36	60	4
2005 Nov 17-20	42	56	2
2005 Nov 7-10	37	59	4
2005 Oct 24-26	37	58	5
2005 Oct 13-16	35	62	3
2005 Sep 26-28	38	56	6
2005 Sep 12-15	38	59	3
2005 Aug 22-25	36	58	6
2005 Aug 8-11	39	58	3
2005 Jul 25-28	35	61	4
2005 Jul 7-10	39	58	3
2005 Jun 16-19	40	56	4
2005 Jun 6-8	35	62	3
2005 May 23-26	39	58	3
2005 May 2-5	38	59	3
2005 Apr 18-21	38	58	4
2005 Apr 4-7	37	59	4
2005 Mar 21-23	34	61	5
2005 Mar 7-10	39	57	4
2005 Feb 21-24	38	57	5
2005 Feb 7-10	38	59	3
2005 Jan 3-5	33	62	5
2004 Dec 5-8	36	59	5
2004 Nov 7-10	37	60	3
2004 Oct 11-14	29	67	4
2004 Sep 13-15	34	61	5
2004 Aug 9-11	33	63	4
2004 Jul 8-11	36	61	3
2004 Jun 3-6	32	65	3
2004 May 2-4	30	67	3
2004 Apr 5-8	30	66	4
2004 Mar 8-11	28	69	3
2004 Feb 9-12	28	70	2
2004 Jan 12-15	31	68	1
2003 Dec 11-14	29	68	3
2003 Nov 3-5	24	73	3
2003 Oct 6-8	24	74	2
2003 Sep 8-10	19	79	2
2003 Aug 4-6	17	81	2
2003 Jul 7-9	20	78	2
2003 Jun 12-15	22	76	2
2003 May 5-7	22	75	3
2003 Apr 7-9	23	75	2
2003 Mar 3-5	16	81	3
2003 Feb 3-6	19	79	2
2003 Jan 13-16	20	78	2
2002 Dec 5-8	19	78	3
2002 Nov 11-14	27	69	4
2002 Oct 14-17	23	70	7
2002 Sep 5-8	22	74	4
2002 Aug 5-8	27	68	5
2002 Jul 9-11	26	69	5
2002 Jun 3-6	32	64	4
2002 May 6-9	29	67	4
2002 Apr 8-11	29	68	3
2002 Mar 4-7	26	72	2
2002 Feb 4-6	25	72	3
2002 Jan 7-9	24	73	3
2001 Dec 6-9	25	73	2
2001 Nov 8-11	22	75	3
2001 Oct 11-14	25	71	4
2001 Aug 16-19	39	56	5
Gallup

Thinking about the job situation in America today, would you say that it is now a good time or a bad time to find a quality job?

Based on those employed or unemployed and looking for work

	Good time	Bad time	No opinion
	%	%	%
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	31	67	2
2020 Apr 1-14	22	78	1
2020 Jan 2-15	72	26	2
2019 Nov 1-14	65	35	1
2019 Oct 1-13	68	30	2
2019 Aug 1-14	72	27	1
2019 Jul 1-12	68	30	2
2019 Jun 3-16	69	29	2
2019 May 1-12	74	25	1
2019 Apr 1-9	68	29	3
2019 Mar 1-10	67	31	2
2019 Feb 1-10	70	29	2
2019 Jan 2-10	66	31	3
2018 Dec 3-12	69	29	3
2018 Nov 1-11	69	27	3
2018 Oct 1-10	70	28	2
2018 Sep 4-12	64	33	4
2018 Aug 1-12	68	30	2
2018 Jul 1-11	70	26	5
2018 Jun 1-13	68	31	1
2018 May 1-10	71	27	1
2018 Apr 2-11	66	33	1
2018 Mar 1-8	68	30	2
2018 Feb 1-10	66	32	3
2018 Jan 2-7	59	37	4
2017 Dec 4-11	64	33	3
2017 Nov 2-8	62	32	5
2017 Oct 5-11	65	30	5
2017 Sep 6-10	63	34	3
2017 Aug 2-6	61	36	3
2017 Jul 5-9	59	37	5
2017 Jun 7-11	57	37	6
2017 May 3-7	59	37	4
2017 Apr 5-9	54	43	4
2017 Mar 1-5	54	41	5
2017 Feb 1-5	57	40	3
2017 Jan 4-8	55	42	3
2016 Dec 7-11	48	49	3
2016 Nov 9-13	47	47	6
2016 Oct 5-9	48	50	2
2016 Sep 7-11	46	50	4
2016 Aug 3-7	42	53	5
2016 Jul 13-17	47	49	4
2016 Jun 1-5	50	46	4
2016 May 4-8	49	47	4
2016 Apr 6-10	45	53	2
2016 Mar 2-6	48	48	3
2016 Feb 3-7	43	53	3
2016 Jan 6-10	50	47	3
2015 Dec 2-6	50	46	4
2015 Nov 4-8	47	51	2
2015 Oct 7-11	48	50	2
2015 Sep 9-13	48	48	4
2015 Aug 5-9	43	53	4
2015 Jul 8-12	43	53	4
2015 Jun 2-7	46	50	4
2015 May 6-10	52	47	1
2015 Apr 9-12	48	50	2
2015 Mar 5-8	46	49	4
2015 Feb 8-11	45	51	4
2015 Jan 5-8	47	49	4
2014 Dec 8-11	43	56	2
2014 Nov 6-9	30	65	5
2014 Oct 12-15	34	63	3
2014 Sep 4-7	31	66	3
2014 Aug 7-10	36	57	3
2014 Jul 7-10	38	59	3
2014 Jun 5-8	31	66	4
2014 May 8-11	30	67	3
2014 Apr 3-6	32	66	3
2014 Mar 6-9	31	65	4
2014 Feb 6-9	29	68	3
2014 Jan 5-8	25	71	4
2013 Dec 5-8	25	71	4
2013 Nov 7-10	29	67	4
2013 Oct 3-6	26	72	2
2013 Sep 5-8	29	68	3
2013 Aug 7-11	22	75	3
2013 Jul 10-14	28	68	4
2013 Jun 1-4	28	68	3
2013 May 2-7	26	71	3
2013 Apr 4-7	28	69	2
2013 Mar 7-10	22	75	2
2013 Feb 7-10	23	75	3
2013 Jan 7-10	26	69	5
2012 Dec 14-17	23	73	5
2012 Nov 15-18	26	72	2
2012 Oct 15-16	23	73	4
2012 Sep 6-9	21	75	4
2012 Aug 9-12	19	78	2
2012 Jul 9-12	19	79	2
2012 Jun 7-10	22	77	1
2012 May 3-6	18	80	2
2012 Apr 9-12	23	75	3
2012 Mar 8-11	21	77	2
2012 Feb 2-5	13	85	2
2012 Jan 5-8	16	81	3
2011 Dec 15-18	13	86	1
2011 Nov 3-6	7	92	1
2011 Oct 6-9	11	87	2
2011 Sep 8-11	10	88	2
2011 Aug 11-14	15	84	1
2011 Jul 7-10	12	86	2
2011 Jun 9-12	11	86	3
2011 May 5-8	17	80	3
2011 Apr 7-11	19	79	2
2011 Mar 3-6	15	81	4
2011 Feb 2-5	13	86	2
2011 Jan 7-9	15	83	2
2010 Dec 10-12	14	83	3
2010 Nov 4-7	11	87	2
2010 Oct 7-10	9	88	3
2010 Sep 13-16	12	86	2
2010 Aug 5-8	12	86	2
2010 Jul 8-11	13	86	2
2010 Jun 11-13	13	85	2
2010 May 3-6	11	87	2
2010 Apr 8-11	11	87	1
2010 Mar 4-7	12	87	1
2010 Feb 1-3	14	84	1
2010 Jan 8-10	10	89	1
2009 Dec 11-13	9	89	2
2009 Nov 5-8	9	89	2
2009 Oct 1-4	9	89	2
2009 Aug 31-Sep 2	11	88	1
2009 Aug 6-9	10	90	1
2009 Jul 10-12	11	88	2
2009 Jun 14-17	12	86	1
2009 May 7-10	9	90	2
2009 Apr 6-9	12	88	1
2009 Mar 5-8	9	90	1
2009 Feb 9-12	10	88	1
2009 Jan 9-11	15	84	1
2008 Dec 4-7	11	87	2
2008 Nov 13-16	12	86	2
2008 Oct 3-5	16	80	3
2008 Sep 8-11	21	77	2
2008 Aug 7-10	21	73	6
2008 Jul 10-13	19	77	4
2008 Jun 9-12	22	72	5
2008 May 8-11	24	73	3
2008 Apr 6-9	21	76	3
2008 Mar 6-9	28	67	5
2008 Feb 11-14	26	71	3
2008 Jan 4-6	35	60	5
2007 Dec 6-9	39	54	7
2007 Nov 11-14	43	50	6
2007 Oct 4-7	44	52	4
2007 Sep 14-16	40	56	4
2007 Aug 13-16	46	50	4
2007 Jul 12-15	46	49	5
2007 Jun 11-14	45	52	4
2007 May 10-13	49	48	2
2007 Apr 2-5	48	48	3
2007 Mar 11-14	47	50	3
2007 Feb 1-4	45	51	4
2007 Jan 15-18	48	48	4
2006 Dec 11-14	47	48	5
2006 Nov 9-12	44	53	3
2006 Oct 9-12	42	52	6
2006 Sep 7-10	44	53	3
2006 Aug 7-10	44	53	3
2006 Jul 6-9	45	50	5
2006 Jun 1-4	46	50	4
2006 May 8-11	46	49	5
2006 Apr 10-13	43	52	5
2006 Mar 13-16	43	54	3
2006 Feb 6-9	42	54	4
2006 Jan 9-12	41	56	3
2005 Dec 19-22	41	56	3
2005 Dec 5-8	37	59	4
2005 Nov 17-20	45	54	1
2005 Nov 7-10	40	58	2
2005 Oct 24-26	41	56	3
2005 Oct 13-16	35	62	3
2005 Sep 26-28	41	55	4
2005 Sep 12-15	42	56	2
2005 Aug 22-25	36	59	5
2005 Aug 8-11	42	56	2
2005 Jul 25-28	38	59	3
2005 Jul 7-10	41	57	2
2005 Jun 16-19	42	55	3
2005 Jun 6-8	38	59	3
2005 May 23-26	42	56	2
2005 May 2-5	39	59	2
2005 Apr 18-21	40	57	3
2005 Apr 4-7	39	57	4
2005 Mar 21-23	36	60	4
2005 Mar 7-10	41	57	2
2005 Feb 21-24	43	53	4
2005 Feb 7-10	37	61	2
2005 Jan 3-5	35	61	4
2004 Dec 5-8	40	57	3
2004 Nov 7-10	38	60	2
2004 Oct 11-14	29	68	3
2004 Sep 13-15	37	60	3
2004 Aug 9-11	35	63	2
2004 Jul 8-11	37	61	2
2004 Jun 3-6	34	64	2
2004 May 2-4	30	67	3
2004 Apr 5-8	34	63	3
2004 Mar 8-11	30	68	2
2004 Feb 9-12	30	69	1
2004 Jan 12-15	34	65	1
2003 Dec 11-14	31	67	2
2003 Nov 3-5	25	73	2
2003 Oct 6-8	27	71	2
2003 Sep 8-10	20	78	2
2003 Aug 4-6	19	80	1
2003 Jul 7-9	23	76	1
2003 Jun 12-15	22	77	1
2003 May 5-7	24	74	2
2003 Apr 7-9	23	76	1
2003 Mar 3-5	16	82	2
2003 Feb 3-6	20	79	1
2003 Jan 13-16	20	78	2
2002 Dec 5-8	20	77	3
2002 Nov 11-14	29	68	3
2002 Oct 14-17	24	70	6
2002 Sep 5-8	23	75	2
2002 Aug 5-8	29	68	3
2002 Jul 9-11	28	68	4
2002 Jun 3-6	35	62	3
2002 May 6-9	30	67	3
2002 Apr 8-11	30	68	2
2002 Mar 4-7	28	70	2
2002 Feb 4-6	24	73	3
2002 Jan 7-9	24	73	3
2001 Dec 6-9	26	71	3
2001 Nov 8-11	22	75	3
2001 Oct 11-14	26	71	3
2001 Aug 16-19	38	59	3
2000 Aug 4-31 ^	78	16	6
2000 Jan 5-19 ^	76	19	5
1999 Feb 5-22 ^	70	24	6
1998 Aug 5-16 ^	69	25	6
^ University of Connecticut/John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University survey
Gallup

What is the most important financial problem facing your family today?

Recent trend

	Apr 2020	Apr 2019	Apr 2018	Jun 2017	Apr 2016	Jan 2015
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Unemployment/Loss of job	12	3	5	3	6	5
Lack of money/Low wages	11	11	13	10	13	14
Cost of owning/renting a home	9	8	7	9	8	6
Healthcare costs	8	17	12	17	15	14
Too much debt/Not enough money to pay debts	7	6	11	11	9	9
Effects of coronavirus	5	--	--	--	--	--
College expenses/Student loans/Student loan debt	5	8	8	10	9	8
Retirement savings	4	5	5	6	5	6
Stock market/Investments	4	*	2	*	1	1
State of the economy	3	1	1	1	1	1
High cost of living/Inflation	3	6	7	8	7	6
Supporting parents/children/grandchildren	2	--	1	--	--	--
Lack of savings	2	1	2	2	3	3
Taxes	1	8	5	5	5	4
Credit card debt	1	--	--	--	--	--
Transportation/Commuting costs	*	*	1	1	--	1
Controlling spending	*	*	*	1	1	1
Energy costs/Oil and gas prices	*	--	1	*	1	2
Social Security	*	1	1	3	2	2
Interest rates	*	1	*	1	1	1
Insurance/Life insurance	--	--	3	--	--	--
Other	7	5	5	4	4	2
None	18	20	14	16	11	17
No opinion	1	2	4	4	6	8
Percentages total more than 100% due to multiple responses.
Gallup

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