Most US families now have 2 parents working full time: Pew

Polling released Wednesday found that most U.S. families have both parents working full-time jobs.

The Pew Research Center found that, as of 2025, 52 percent of mothers and fathers in different-sex relationships with children under 18 both work full-time jobs, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. This is up from 31 percent in 1975.

“We find that parents in families where both the mom and the dad work at least part-time are more likely to see financial benefits than those in families where the dad works full-time and the mom isn’t employed,” the Pew survey’s authors wrote. “This is especially the case in families where both parents work full-time.”

Twenty-three percent of families have a father working full-time while the mother is not employed, down from 42 percent in 1975. Researchers found that parents in this situation are more likely to see it as “positive for their........

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