U.S. Workers' Traditional Employment Concerns
Next, please indicate whether you are worried or not worried about each of the following happening to you, personally, in the near future.
% Worried
Line chart showing the percentage of U.S. adults employed full or part time who are worried about being laid off, having their hours cut, having their wages reduced or having their benefits reduced. The most recent data, from 2026, show that 33% are worried about their benefits being reduced, 24% about being laid off, 21% about having their wages reduced and 21% about having their hours cut.
Full item wordings: That you will be laid off; That your hours at work will be cut back; That your wages will be reduced; That your benefits will be reduced
Based on U.S. adults employed full or part time
Based on U.S. adults employed full or part time
