Jobs for the Future (JFF)

ICYMI: 60% of U.S. workers still lack quality jobs.

The 2026 American Job Quality Study also covers retention, Gen Z, people with records, AI, and financial security.

Read it: hubs.la/Q04CFD-J0 #AJQS #JobQuality

63% of AI users say it helps them work faster.

But 54% of employees haven't used AI in their role, and use is concentrated among workers already more likely to hold quality jobs.

Who benefits from AI is a job-quality question: hubs.la/Q04C83GB0 #AJQS #AIatWork

36% of employees with records of arrest, charges, or incarceration hold quality jobs.

For people who have been incarcerated, it's 31%.

Fair-chance hiring opens the door. Job quality determines what comes next: hubs.la/Q04C82Bp0 #AJQS #JobQuality hubs.la/Q04C82Bp0

Only 32% of Gen Z employees work in a quality job, vs. 40% of employees overall.

Fewer than half always work the same schedule, and 1 in 3 is struggling financially.

First jobs should lead somewhere: hubs.la/Q04C81440 #AJQS #GenZ hubs.la/Q04C81440

Job quality is a retention strategy. Employees in non-quality jobs in 2025 were nearly 2x as likely to be with a different employer a year later (15% vs. 8%). And 81% of voters say job quality should be a priority. hubs.la/Q04C7dPf0 #AJQS #JobQuality