Record number of US families now have both parents working full time, survey finds
Source: Scripps News
Posted 3:27 PM, Jun 17, 2026
A record share of American families now have both parents working full time. According to a new Pew Research Center study, 52% of two-parent households with children under the age of 18 are full-time dual-income earners — an increase of 21 points since 1975.
Meanwhile, the share of families where the father works full time and the mother isn't employed has dropped from 42% in 1975 to 23% last year, according to the survey. More than 8 in 10 parents cite finances as a reason for why both parents work full time, but less than half say it's had a positive impact on their children's well-being, and 22% say the effect has been negative.
It comes as the days of households earning $100,000 per year being considered upper-middle class appear to be coming to an end in some parts of the country.
According to a recent report by MoneyLion, a household income of $100,000 would put families in 12 states into the lower-middle class — defined as households making anywhere from two-thirds to twice the annual median income.
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/business/jobs-employment/record-number-of-us-families-now-have-both-parents-working-full-time-survey-finds
Link to Pew Research Center REPORT - How family work arrangements have changed over time
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They want women to stay home but don't want to pay a living wage. They want America jobs at home... but allow corporations to send our jobs overseas.
Republican are working hard to terminate and destroy Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, WIC, and any other program that helps poor and middle class families.
The birth rate Republicans care so much about is declining because nobody can afford to live or have children anymore.
The Facists are to dumb to see that they are shooting themselves in the foot.
