{"id":2210,"date":"2011-08-12T08:10:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T13:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2011-08-11T21:32:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T02:32:17","slug":"careerbuilder-42-live-paycheck-to-paycheck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2011\/08\/careerbuilder-42-live-paycheck-to-paycheck\/","title":{"rendered":"CareerBuilder:  42% Live Paycheck to Paycheck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s CareerBuilder <a href=\"http:\/\/thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com\/2011\/08\/11\/the-current-state-of-worker-finances\/\" target=\"_blank\">financial survey<\/a> is out, and the headline ain&#8217;t really a shocker:  42 percent of workers report living paycheck-to-paycheck.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-pdf\">CareerBuilder: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/files\/2011_paycheck.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2011 Financial Survey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And, of workers who make six figures, CareerBuilder found that 14 percent reported living paycheck to paycheck, and 6 percent reported that they were unable to make ends meet every month.<\/p>\n<p>CareerBuilder also asked the roughly 5,200 workers surveyed what they would or wouldn&#8217;t be willing to give up if push came to shove. Percentages of workers who &#8220;absolutely would not do without&#8221; certain items were as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internet Connection &#8212; 56 Percent<\/li>\n<li>Driving &#8212; 46 Percent<\/li>\n<li>Mobile Phone &#8212; 42 Percent<\/li>\n<li>Cable TV &#8212; 27 Percent<\/li>\n<li>Eating Out &#8212; 11 Percent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A full 21 percent of workers reported either dipping into savings or reducing retirement contributions within the last year in order to get by.<\/p>\n<h3>What Happened to Last Year&#8217;s Numbers?<\/h3>\n<p>Last year, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2010\/09\/77-living-paycheck\/\">noted<\/a> that CareerBuilder&#8217;s survey found 7 in 10 workers living paycheck to paycheck. Curiously, this year&#8217;s survey says that last year&#8217;s survey found <b>not<\/b> the oh-my-gosh rate of 7 in 10, but rather 4.3 in 10. And I see that Press Release 784 (my source\/link) has disappeared from CareerBuilder&#8217;s archives. I don&#8217;t know if their methodology has changed, or if they&#8217;re now running their numbers through the Federal Agency of Enforced Statistical Correctness before releasing them. Gotta wonder just what went on, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s CareerBuilder financial survey is out, and the headline ain&#8217;t really a shocker: 42 percent of workers report living paycheck-to-paycheck. 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