Rakesh Kochhar

About one-in-four Black households and one-in-seven Hispanic households had no wealth or were in debt in 2021, compared with about one-in-ten U.S. households overall.

In 2022, 19% of American workers were in jobs that are the most exposed to artificial intelligence, in which the most important activities may be either replaced or assisted by AI. Women, Asian, college-educated and higher-paid workers have more exposure to AI, but workers in the most exposed industries are more likely to say AI will help more than hurt them personally.

The difference between the earnings of men and women has barely closed in the United States in the past two decades. This gap persists even as women today are more likely than men to have graduated from college, suggesting other factors are at play such as parenthood and other family needs.

Roughly one-in-five workers say they are very or somewhat likely to look for a new job in the next six months, but only about a third of these workers think it would be easy to find one.

In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.

The share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to a new analysis.

Nearly one-in-five middle-income families report receiving unemployment benefits in 2020.

Amid rising inequality, many Americans feel that the U.S. economic system is unfair and generally favors powerful special interests.

Hiring by the self-employed has fallen since 2019, with the cutbacks emanating mainly from businesses run by men.

Earnings overall have held steady through the pandemic in part because lower-wage workers experienced steeper job losses.