---
"title": "Never Gonna Make It"
"description": "That's the number of currently employed Americans who don't expect they will ever make enough money to have the kind of life they want."
"date": "2007-11-27"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2007/11/27/never-gonna-make-it/"
---

# Never Gonna Make It

Most American workers who say they don’t earn enough now, expect to earn enough in the future to lead the kind of life they want; but nearly one in five (18%) of all employed respondents in aPew Research Center survey say that they don’t expect ever to make enough to have the life they want. Among those who aren’t currently employed, nearly a quarter (23%) doubt that their finances will ever suffice to provide the kind of life they want.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/324/most-americans-moderately-upbeat-about-family-finances-in-2007)