“The Atlantic” magazine analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and they found the key to getting a big raise is . . . going to work somewhere ELSE.
People who switched jobs last year made 4.5% more than the year before. People who stayed at the same job made 3.9% more. That doesn’t sound like a huge difference, but across such a giant number of people, it’s significant.
The gap was even bigger for people under 35 who switched full-time jobs.
This study backs up one from a few years ago, that found people who stay at the same job make 50% less in their lifetimes than people who switch every few years.
