{"id":1502,"date":"2026-03-06T15:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/job-quality-index-jqi\/?page_id=1502"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:53:17","slug":"january-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/job-quality-index-jqi\/january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Current Level is 82.26 | Change From Last Month -0.57%<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Based on JQI data report as of March 6, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the JQI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) assesses job quality in the United States by measuring desirable higher-wage\/higher-hour jobs versus lower-wage\/lower-hour jobs. The JQI results also may serve as a proxy for the overall health of the U.S. jobs market, since the index enables month-by-month tracking of the direction and degree of change in high-to-low job composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By tracking this information, policymakers and financial market participants can be more fully informed of past developments, current trends, and likely future developments in the absence of policy intervention. Economists and international organizations have in recent years developed other, complementary conceptions of job quality such as those addressing the emotional satisfaction employees derive from their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the purposes of this JQI, \u201cjob quality\u201d means the weekly dollar-income a job generates for an employee. Payment, after all, is a primary reason why people work: the income generated by a job being necessary to maintain a standard of living, to provide for the essentials of life and, hopefully, to save for retirement, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JQ-Instant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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JQI Explainer Video<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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