UTICA, New York – Twenty-seven percent of U.S. adults say they or a family member has lost a job in the past year, and 59% of the unemployed have been out of work for more than a year. Among those with jobs, 23% are earning less than they did in their previous employment.

These are among the results of a Zogby Interactive survey of 2,471 U.S. adults conducted from March 17-19, 2010. The poll’s margin of error is +/- 2.0 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. Main findings include:

Job Losses

Job losses in the past year have struck people across all demographic groups. Overall, 27% report having lost a job in that time, and that includes 17% of people with household incomes of more than $100,000 and 26% of people with college degrees. Those with household incomes of less than $35,000 reported job loss at 41%.