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Job Market for PhDs

Down Market? Findings from the 2008 ASA Job Bank Study PDF Logo

Too Many or Too Few PhDs? Employment Opportunities in Academic Sociology PDF Logo

Labor Force Participation Rates (Trend Data)

Unemployment Rates (Trend Data)

Employment: Involuntarily Out-of-Field Rates (Trend Data)

Beyond the Ivory Tower: Professionalism, Skills Match, and Job Satisfaction in Sociology (PowerPoint slideshow)



Jobs and Careers for Undergraduates


Launching Majors Into Satisfying Careers: Faculty Manual and Student Dataset

Mixed Success: Four Years of Experiences of 2005 Sociology GraduatesPDF Logo

Pathways to Job Satisfaction PDF Logo

Decreasing the Leak from the Sociology Pipeline: Social and Cultural Capital to Enhance the Post-Baccalaureate Sociology Career PDF Logo

Idealists v. Careerists: Graduate School Choices of Sociology Majors PDF Logo

What Can I Do With a Bachelors Degree in Sociology? PDF Logo



Careers for Master's Degree Recipients

From Programs to Careers: Continuing to Pay Attention to the Master's Degree in SociologyPDF Logo

Paying Attention to the Master's Degree in Sociology PDF Logo

Employed U.S. Social and Other Scientists with Master's Degrees by Employment Sector and Degree Level in 2003 (Trend Data)




Faculty Careers


Sociology Faculty See Smaller Raises but Still Outpace Inflation in AY 2009-2010: Other Social Science Disciplines Not Able to Recoup LossesPDF Logo

Median Full-Time Faculty by Type of Institution, AY 2000/01 and 2006/07

Average Distribution of Full-Time Faculty in Sociology Programs by Rank and Institution Type, AY 2006/2007

PhD's at Mid-Career: Satisfaction with Work and Family PDF Logo

New Doctorates in Sociology: Professions Inside and Outside the AcademyPDF Logo

Sociology Faculty Salaries AY 2008/09: Better Than Other Social Sciences, But Not Above Inflation PDF Logo

Resources or Rewards? The Distribution of Work- Family PoliciesPDF Logo

Average Contingent Faculty in Sociology Programs, AY 2000/01 and AY 2006/07

The Pipeline for Faculty of Color in SociologyPDF Logo