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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 895. How fair is what you earn on your job in comparison to others doing the same type of work you do?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | about as much as you deserve | don't know | much less than you deserve | much more than you deserve | no answer | somewhat less than you deserve | somewhat more than you deserve | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 969 | 874 | 37 | 252 | 25 | 17 | 475 | 116 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2776 | 832 | 47 | 196 | 36 | 21 | 490 | 112 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 857 | 534 | 25 | 165 | 20 | 31 | 350 | 62 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1288 | 623 | 26 | 146 | 18 | 10 | 328 | 99 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 900 | 710 | 18 | 167 | 22 | 37 | 378 | 116 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1555 | 909 | 36 | 234 | 28 | 20 | 610 | 127 | 25 | 3544 |
| Total | 62986 | 4482 | 189 | 1160 | 149 | 136 | 2631 | 632 | 25 | 72390 |
1 much less than you deserve
2 somewhat less than you deserve
3 about as much as you deserve
4 somewhat more than you deserve
5 much more than you deserve
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook