US Job Switchers More Likely to See Pay Raise Compared with Those Who Stay Put: Analysis

A man walks past a "Now Hiring" sign posted outside of a restaurant in Arlington, Va., on June 3, 2022. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

The majority of Americans who switch employers are seeing it pay off with higher wage growth, according to a new analysis of government data from Pew Research Center.

According to the analysis, published on July 28, the majority of workers (60 percent) who switched their jobs between April 2021 to March 2022 saw an increase in their real earnings over the year-ago period.