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Q: Have you ever had to take a pay cut, to keep your job at a company?

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Gender

Male

78% No

Female

79% No

Non-Binary

61% No

Ethnicity

% who responded "no"

82% of Asian or Pacific Islander employees selected "No" when asked "Have you ever had to take a pay cut, to keep your job at a company?", while only 61% of Native American employees chose "No".

82%

Asian or Pacific Islander

80%

Caucasian

76%

Other

75%

Hispanic or Latino

72%

African American/Black

61%

Native American

Department

% who responded "no"

82% of employees in the HR department selected "No" when asked "Have you ever had to take a pay cut, to keep your job at a company?", while only 70% of employees in the Executive department chose "No".

HR 82%

Customer Support 81%

IT 81%

Engineering 80%

Product 80%

Operations 79%

Finance 79%

Marketing 78%

Business Development 76%

Legal 76%

Sales 76%

Admin 75%

Customer Success 75%

Communications 73%

Design 71%

Executive 70%

Age

% who responded "no"

81% of employees aged 31-35 selected "No" when asked "Have you ever had to take a pay cut, to keep your job at a company?", while only 64% of employees aged 66+ chose "No".

Education

% who responded "no"

83% of employees with a Bachelor's education level selected "No" when asked "Have you ever had to take a pay cut, to keep your job at a company?", while only 66% of employees with a High school education level chose "No".

Experience

% who responded "no"

81% of employees at their company 6 to 10 Years selected "No" when asked "Have you ever had to take a pay cut, to keep your job at a company?", while only 76% of Entry Level employees at their company chose "No".

Entry Level

1 to 3 Years

3 to 6 Years

6 to 10 Years

Over 10 Years

Location

% who responded "no"

87% of employees in Boston selected "No" when asked "Have you ever had to take a pay cut, to keep your job at a company?", while only 63% of employees in Minneapolis chose "No".

Boston 87%

San Francisco 84%

Seattle 82%

Denver 82%

New York 80%

Chicago 80%

Phoenix 80%

Washington, DC 79%

Riverside, CA 78%

Dallas 76%

Atlanta 76%

Los Angeles 75%

Houston 75%

San Diego 75%

Fort Lauderdale, FL 68%

Minneapolis 63%

Gender & Department

% who responded "no"

87% of Non-Binary employees in the IT department selected "No" when asked "Have you ever had to take a pay cut, to keep your job at a company?", while only 25% of Non-Binary employees in the Finance department chose "No".

Admin

Male 61%

Female 79%

Business Development

Male 77%

Female 73%

Communications

Male 68%

Female 76%

Customer Success

Male 70%

Female 77%

Customer Support

Male 79%

Female 82%

Design

Male 74%

Female 68%

Engineering

Male 80%

Female 76%

Executive

Male 71%

Female 69%

Finance

Male 77%

Female 81%

Male 82%

Female 82%

Male 80%

Female 83%

Legal

Male 74%

Female 78%

Marketing

Male 76%

Female 80%

Operations

Male 78%

Female 80%

Product

Male 80%

Female 81%

Sales

Male 74%

Female 78%

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