---
"title": "Career Switching"
"description": "That's the proportion of U.S. adults who report that they have switched careers -- from one type of work to another -- and more than half of this group say they have made a switch more than once."
"date": "2007-07-21"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2007/07/21/career-switching/"
---

# Career Switching

About six-in-ten (61%) workers report that they have switched careers — from one type of work to another — and more than half of this group say they have made a switch more than once. Men and women, younger and older, full-time and part-time workers are all about equally likely to have made a switch at some point over the years. Those at the lowest income levels (under $30,000) are a bit more likely to have switched.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/assets/social/pdf/Jobs.pdf)