The source posed the original question as follows: "How confident are you that if you lost or wanted to leave your current job, you could find another job as good or better?"
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Confidence in finding another job in the U.S. in 2011, by education
This statistic shows the results of a survey in 2011 among employed Americans on the confidence of finding another job, sorted by education of respondents. 40 percent of college graduates stated they would be extremely or very confident to find another job that was just as good or better, if they needed to.
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Pew Research Center. (February 9, 2012). How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by education) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/218050/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-education/
Pew Research Center. "How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by education)." Chart. February 9, 2012. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 30, 2026. /statistics/218050/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-education/
Pew Research Center. (2012). How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by education). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 30, 2026. /statistics/218050/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-education/
Pew Research Center. "How Confident Are You That If You Lost or Left Your Job, You Could Find Another Job as Good or Better? (by Education)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 9 Feb 2012, /statistics/218050/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-education/
Pew Research Center, How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by education) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/218050/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-education/ (last visited July 30, 2026)
How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by education) [Graph], Pew Research Center, February 9, 2012. [Online]. Available: /statistics/218050/confidence-in-finding-another-job-in-the-us-by-education/
