How are you paid

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question In this section, we ask about your work hours and how you are paid. When referring to jobs, we are referring to jobs for which you work for pay, not volunteer work, unpaid housework, or other unpaid activities. When we refer to work hours, we ask you to include all hours performed for a paid job, including any extra hours, overtime, work you did at home for your paid job, and hours that may not have been directly billable or compensated. Are you salaried, paid by the hour, or paid some other way? If you have more than one job, think of the job in which you spend the most hours working each week.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	by client	by contract	by day/week	by hour + tips	by route	by the hour	by the job/project	earnings from business	mileage	no answer	other	piecework	salary	salary & hours combination	wage + commission	not available in this year	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	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	4510	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	2538	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2538
2016	2273	2	5	3	2	3	332	11	5	5	8	7	2	191	9	9	-	2867
2018	2348	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	68252	2	5	3	2	3	332	11	5	5	8	7	2	191	9	9	6853	75699

Values

• 1 salary

• 2 by the hour

• 3 earnings from business

• 4 piecework

• 5 by the job/project

• 6 wage + commission

• 7 by hour + tips

• 8 mileage

• 9 salary & hours combination

• 10 by day/week

• 11 by route

• 12 by client

• 13 by contract

• 20 other

• 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(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