This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. employees who think of their current job as a career in 2016, by age. In 2016, about ** percent of all American respondents in the age group between 18 to 29 years saw their current job position as a steppingstone to a career.
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Pew Research Center. (October 6, 2016). Percentage of U.S. employees who think of their current job as a career in 2016, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 09, 2026, from https://www-statista-com.libproxy.pcc.edu/statistics/730457/percentage-of-us-employees-who-think-of-their-current-job-as-a-career/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. employees who think of their current job as a career in 2016, by age." Chart. October 6, 2016. Statista. Accessed October 09, 2026. https://www-statista-com.libproxy.pcc.edu/statistics/730457/percentage-of-us-employees-who-think-of-their-current-job-as-a-career/
Pew Research Center. (2016). Percentage of U.S. employees who think of their current job as a career in 2016, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 09, 2026. https://www-statista-com.libproxy.pcc.edu/statistics/730457/percentage-of-us-employees-who-think-of-their-current-job-as-a-career/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of U.S. Employees Who Think of Their Current Job as a Career in 2016, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Oct 2016, https://www-statista-com.libproxy.pcc.edu/statistics/730457/percentage-of-us-employees-who-think-of-their-current-job-as-a-career/
Pew Research Center, Percentage of U.S. employees who think of their current job as a career in 2016, by age Statista, https://www-statista-com.libproxy.pcc.edu/statistics/730457/percentage-of-us-employees-who-think-of-their-current-job-as-a-career/ (last visited October 09, 2026)
Percentage of U.S. employees who think of their current job as a career in 2016, by age [Graph], Pew Research Center, October 6, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.libproxy.pcc.edu/statistics/730457/percentage-of-us-employees-who-think-of-their-current-job-as-a-career/
