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College-educated workers think the job market is as bad as it was in 2013

Axios · · 611 words · By Emily Peck
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The article discusses a Gallup analysis showing that college-educated workers are significantly more pessimistic about the job market than those without degrees. It cites data from Indeed and experts to explore whether this sentiment is driven by actual hiring declines in white-collar sectors, AI disruption, or political factors.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://axios.com/2026/03/24/jobs-labor-college-gallup

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“Workers, especially those with a college degree, think the job market is awful, a new Gallup analysis out Tuesday finds.”
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Multiple independent web sources (Axios, The Independent, and another news source) explicitly state that a new Gallup analysis finds workers, especially those with college degrees, perceive the job market as 'awful' or 'gloomy'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Workers, especially those with a college degree, think the job market is awful, a new Gallup analysis out Tuesday finds. Why it matters: They could be on to something. Although the unemployment rate i…
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/24/jobs-labor-college-gallup
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, the gap in job market sentiment between Americans with and without a college degree was at its widest in that survey since Gallup started asking the question in 2001.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91514575/gallup-poll-shows-drama…
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, the gap in job market sentiment between Americans with and without a college degree was at its widest in that survey since Gallup started asking the question in 2001.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-03-24/wor…
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“In separate polling of U.S. adults from Gallup, conducted from Jan. 2-17, just 27% of college grads said now is a good time to find a quality job, compared with 44% of those who didn't graduate from college.”
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While the general trend of the Gallup poll is corroborated in other claims, the specific percentages (27% vs 44%) and dates (Jan 2-17) are not explicitly repeated in the provided evidence snippets, though they are consistent with the reported Gallup analysis.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1964, less than a year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who won the previous presidential election. The Democratic ticke…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of 21,899 as of the 2020 census. A substantial percentage of its population is Native American, with residents from th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup,_New_Mexico
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Delawa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
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“That's the widest gap on record going back to 2001.”
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Two separate web search results (one from a general news source and one from The Independent) explicitly state that the gap in job market sentiment between those with and without a college degree is the widest since Gallup started asking in 2001.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and minor islands. Bot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_(disambiguation)
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“Until 2024, those with more advanced degrees were more optimistic.”
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The provided evidence discusses current trends and general salary differences but does not provide historical data confirming that advanced degree holders were more optimistic specifically until 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jaxon Prior (born 4 June 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The term prior may refer to: Prior (ecclesiastical), the head of a priory (monastery) Prior convictions, the life history and previous convictions of a suspect or defendant in a criminal case Prior p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A prior probability distribution (often simply called the prior probability, prior distribution, or prior) of an uncertain quantity is its assumed probability distribution before evidence is taken int…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_probability
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“The report out Tuesday finds a similar gap, citing a different survey of U.S. workers, with only 19% of college-educated employees saying it's a good time to find a quality job, compared with 35% of employees without a college degree.”
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The specific figures (19% vs 35%) for the second survey are not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, although the existence of a Gallup report on worker sentiment is confirmed.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, were re-ele…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gallup, Inc. is an American multinational analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for conducting public opinion polls worldw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup,_Inc.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gallup is a city in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of 21,899 as of the 2020 census. A substantial percentage of its population is Native American, with residents from th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup,_New_Mexico
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“Sentiment among the college-educated about the job market is at its lowest since 2013.”
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The evidence confirms the gap is the widest since 2001, but does not specifically mention that sentiment for college-educated workers is at its lowest since 2013.
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, the gap in job market sentiment between Americans with and without a college degree was at its widest in that survey since Gallup started asking the question in 2001. Signs of broad discont…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/washington-americans-iran…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a job market where AI fluency is expected, that gap could have some serious consequences. When they’re out of college, the survey found that young women enter the workforce making 80 cents to every…
https://365daily.net/somehow-new-college-grads-are-optimisti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) among youth is widely recognised as a catalyst for economic development and employment generation, yet empirical evidence from Tier-II Indian cities, particularly amon…
https://thebioscan.com/index.php/pub/article/view/5556
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“The unemployment rate was more than 6% [in 2013].”
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The evidence provided mentions unemployment rates in various states or for different years, but does not explicitly confirm the national U.S. unemployment rate for the year 2013.
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web search NEUTRAL — Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in July. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from June, 14 states had increases, and 12 states had…
https://247wallst.com/jobs/2015/08/23/unemployment-well-abov…
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web search NEUTRAL — Unemployment Rate in the United States decreased to 4.30 percent in March from 4.40 percent in February of 2026.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate
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web search NEUTRAL — The drop in the unemployment rate is also not as good news as it may initially seem. The Labor Department reported that 130,000 people left the labor force during the month – so they are no longer cou…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/08/us-une…
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“This past February, unemployment was at 4.4%.”
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A web search result explicitly states: 'The US unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in February 2026'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in February 2026, up from 4.3% in January and slightly above market expectations, inching closer to November’s four-year high of 4.5%.
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate…
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web search NEUTRAL — The site owner hides the web page description.
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-unemployment-rates/74907
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web search NEUTRAL — Ohio’s unemployment rate was 4.1% in March, down from 4.2% in February, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday.
https://businessjournaldaily.com/ohios-unemployment-rate-dec…
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“Outside of the blip we had during the pandemic, hiring is at its worst level since 2013, per federal data.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute this claim regarding federal hiring data since 2013.
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“There were 29% fewer job listings for software developers in March than there were before the pandemic, per Indeed data.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Indeed data for software developer job listings.
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“There were 27% fewer marketing jobs — and 36% fewer listings for media and communications roles.”
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“Job listings in manufacturing, meanwhile, are up. So are help wanted ads for doctors.”
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