Would adults in Colorado take a job that paid less but had more flexible hours?

Adults in Colorado, 4,751,000 people · 1,000 profiles askedFirst 100 free · Need more?

51%said “Yes”

0%95% interval 48% to 54%100%

Summary

51% of adults in Colorado said Yes to taking a lower-paid job with more flexible hours, against 36% who said No.

1The lead: 16 pts — yes is ahead of no, and the order is clear at this sample size.
2Widest gap · sex: 23 pts — women were more likely than men to say yes, and the gap is clear.
3The rest of the answers: 13% — were not sure, leaving a smaller group whose choice may depend on how much pay they would give up.
4How it settled: 1 pt — the yes estimate moved less than its own margin over the last 500 profiles, so the sample had settled.

These are synthetic profiles rather than real people, and on 11 yes-or-no questions checked against the 2024 General Social Survey, simulated answers from this population sat a median 17 points from real people's within demographic groups and 8 points nationally.

The split

How the answers divide. The bracket under the bar is the 95% interval of the leading answer.

51%

13%

36%

Yes51% · 48%–54%

Not sure13% · 11%–15%

No36% · 33%–39%

How the estimate settled

Each answer's share after every ten profiles; the band is the 95% interval of the leading answer, and it narrows as more people are asked.

0%50%100%250500750100051%

Yes51%

No36%

Not sure13%

95% interval of “Yes”

Who was asked

The make-up of the sample, drawn to match the population asked.

Sex1000 profiles

men 51%women 49%

Employment1000 profiles

employed 66%not in the labor force 31%unemployed 2%armed forces 1%

Education1000 profiles

bachelor's degree 28%some college 20%high school diploma 20%graduate degree 15%associate degree 9%other 8%

Age921 profiles

30-34 11%35-39 10%25-29 10%40-44 10%20-24 10%other 49%

Why they answered this way

The yes answers focus on having more time, handling family responsibilities, and reducing the pressure of rigid schedules. The no and unsure answers focus on protecting pay, stability, benefits, or retirement, with flexibility only worth it if the financial tradeoff were small.

More control over my schedule would make everyday life less rushed, even if the paycheck dropped some.

Woman, 36, ColoradoYes

Family responsibilities would be easier to handle if I wasn't tied to fixed work hours.

Woman, 22, Colorado · not workingYes

More time at home would be worth giving up some pay.

Woman, 48, ColoradoYes

With my current workload, flexible hours would help me manage work without everything spilling into the evening.

Woman, 46, ColoradoYes

More time at home.

Woman, 21, Colorado · not workingYes

The paycheck still matters, and I wouldn't give up stable earnings just for a looser schedule.

Man, 33, ColoradoNo

I wouldn't trade the stability and benefits of my current job for more flexible hours.

Man, 42, ColoradoNo

I'm retired, so taking another job would only make sense if the pay cut were very small.

Woman, 69, Colorado · not workingNo

It depends on how much less it paid and whether the hours were actually useful.

Man, 68, Colorado · not workingNot sure

Who answered what

Share answering “Yes”, by the attributes of the people asked, against everyone (the vertical line). Groups with few profiles have wide intervals.

Biggest gaps

On each attribute, the group that answered lowest and the one that answered highest, and the gap between them. Groups of at least ten profiles.

Age83 pts
70-74 14%15-19 96%
Employment56 pts
armed forces 20%unemployed 76%
Education35 pts
less than 9th grade 37%some high school 72%
Sex23 pts
men 40%women 63%

Sex

0%25%50%75%100%

men

40% 36%–44%

women

63% 59%–67%

estimate 95% interval everyone

Employment

0%25%50%75%100%

employed

59% 55%–62%

not in the labor force

35% 30%–40%

unemployed

76% 55%–89%

armed forces

20% 6%–51%

estimate 95% interval everyone

Education

0%25%50%75%100%

bachelor's degree

56% 51%–62%

some college

53% 46%–60%

high school diploma

48% 42%–55%

graduate degree

41% 34%–49%

associate degree

49% 39%–59%

some high school

72% 58%–83%

less than 9th grade

37% 23%–54%

estimate 95% interval everyone

Age

0%25%50%75%100%

15-19

96% 82%–99%

20-24

83% 74%–90%

25-29

71% 61%–79%

30-34

68% 58%–76%

35-39

60% 49%–69%

40-44

68% 58%–77%

45-49

59% 47%–69%

50-54

44% 34%–55%

55-59

34% 24%–46%

60-64

38% 28%–50%

65-69

22% 13%–33%

70-74

14% 7%–25%

estimate 95% interval everyone

Every breakdown

Full report

The answer by all ninety attributes, ranked by how much they separate people, with an interval on each.

Ask us to run it →

State by state

Full report

The answer in every state, mapped, with the sample behind each.

Ask us to run it →

In the full report

This page is the free preview: the answer, why, and four breakdowns. A full run adds the rest. See what the report holds on this sample, or read a finished report.

The kinds of people in this answer

Full report

Four or five groups of reasons, each with its share and its number: who anchors on today’s bill, who shares a login, who pays for the kids.

Ask us to run it →

Every reason, exportable

Full report

All the people asked, in their own words, with their attributes, as a table to filter and download.

Ask us to run it →

The whole population

Full report

Thousands of profiles instead of a hundred: intervals a fifth as wide, and rare groups large enough to read.

Ask us to run it →

The next questions

Full report

Would you take ads for five dollars less? Which service would you drop first? Asked of the same people.

Ask us to run it →

A one-page summary

Full report

This page says the finding in short; the report lays it out with the chart, the segments and the caveats as one page to print or forward.

Ask us to run it →

How this was computed

Populationadults in Colorado, 4,751,000 peopleQuestion as asked“Would you take a job that paid less but offered more flexible hours?”
Options: Yes · No · Not sureSample1,000 profiles drawn in a fixed representative order from the population; asking more extends the same sample rather than starting overMethodEach profile answers in character from its own attributes. Answers outside the format are discarded before counting.AccuracyThe interval reflects sampling variation in the simulated sample. On 11 yes-or-no questions checked against the 2024 General Social Survey, simulated answers from this population sat a median 17 points from real people's within demographic groups and 8 points nationally. Every check

Run it on the whole population

A full run asks every relevant profile, breaks the answer down by any attribute, and takes your own segments. Tell us what you want to run; we reply within a day.

Get in touch