{
 "name": "Golden Handcuffs Index 2026",
 "generated": "2026-08-13",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "url": "https://invisibleexit.com/data/golden-handcuffs-index",
 "methodology": "GHI = 0.40*(inverted normalized 12-mo avg quits rate, BLS JOLTS) + 0.30*(normalized median tenure, BLS Employee Tenure 2024) + 0.30*(normalized avg weekly earnings, BLS CES Jul 2026). Government scored on quits+tenure only (renormalized) as CES private-sector earnings exclude government.",
 "sources": [
  "BLS JOLTS (quits rate, seasonally adjusted, through Jun 2026)",
  "BLS Employee Tenure Summary, Table 5 (Jan 2024)",
  "BLS Current Employment Statistics (avg weekly earnings, all employees, Jul 2026 preliminary)"
 ],
 "totals": {
  "total_nonfarm_quits_latest": 2.0,
  "total_nonfarm_quits_12mo": 1.97,
  "total_nonfarm_quits_yoy": -0.1,
  "total_private_weekly_earnings": 1290.37,
  "total_tenure_2024": 3.9,
  "private_tenure_2024": 3.5,
  "public_tenure_2024": 6.2
 },
 "rows": [
  {
   "sector": "Government",
   "ghi": 100.0,
   "quits_rate_latest": 0.8,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 0.8,
   "quits_yoy_pp": 0.1,
   "median_tenure_years": 6.2,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": null,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": null,
   "score_quits": 100.0,
   "score_tenure": 100.0,
   "score_earnings": null,
   "pillars": 2,
   "rank": 1
  },
  {
   "sector": "Information",
   "ghi": 79.8,
   "quits_rate_latest": 1.1,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 1.23,
   "quits_yoy_pp": -0.4,
   "median_tenure_years": 4.2,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 2066.47,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 107456,
   "score_quits": 86.0,
   "score_tenure": 51.2,
   "score_earnings": 100.0,
   "pillars": 3,
   "rank": 2
  },
  {
   "sector": "Financial Activities",
   "ghi": 78.9,
   "quits_rate_latest": 1.0,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 1.24,
   "quits_yoy_pp": -0.2,
   "median_tenure_years": 4.7,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 1849.06,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 96151,
   "score_quits": 85.7,
   "score_tenure": 63.4,
   "score_earnings": 85.2,
   "pillars": 3,
   "rank": 3
  },
  {
   "sector": "Mining and Logging",
   "ghi": 76.0,
   "quits_rate_latest": 2.3,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 2.17,
   "quits_yoy_pp": 0.2,
   "median_tenure_years": 5.7,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 1941.27,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 100946,
   "score_quits": 55.4,
   "score_tenure": 87.8,
   "score_earnings": 91.5,
   "pillars": 3,
   "rank": 4
  },
  {
   "sector": "Manufacturing",
   "ghi": 71.1,
   "quits_rate_latest": 1.5,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 1.38,
   "quits_yoy_pp": 0.1,
   "median_tenure_years": 4.9,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 1489.55,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 77457,
   "score_quits": 81.1,
   "score_tenure": 68.3,
   "score_earnings": 60.7,
   "pillars": 3,
   "rank": 5
  },
  {
   "sector": "Construction",
   "ghi": 66.2,
   "quits_rate_latest": 1.7,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 1.6,
   "quits_yoy_pp": -0.1,
   "median_tenure_years": 4.2,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 1637.67,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 85159,
   "score_quits": 73.9,
   "score_tenure": 51.2,
   "score_earnings": 70.8,
   "pillars": 3,
   "rank": 6
  },
  {
   "sector": "Professional and Business Services",
   "ghi": 54.0,
   "quits_rate_latest": 2.2,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 2.2,
   "quits_yoy_pp": 0.3,
   "median_tenure_years": 3.5,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 1676.46,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 87176,
   "score_quits": 54.4,
   "score_tenure": 34.1,
   "score_earnings": 73.4,
   "pillars": 3,
   "rank": 7
  },
  {
   "sector": "Education and Health Services",
   "ghi": 49.4,
   "quits_rate_latest": 1.7,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 1.84,
   "quits_yoy_pp": -0.2,
   "median_tenure_years": 3.6,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 1186.7,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 61708,
   "score_quits": 66.1,
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   "score_earnings": 40.0,
   "pillars": 3,
   "rank": 8
  },
  {
   "sector": "Trade, Transportation and Utilities",
   "ghi": 39.8,
   "quits_rate_latest": 2.5,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 2.32,
   "quits_yoy_pp": 0.2,
   "median_tenure_years": 3.4,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 1091.2,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 56742,
   "score_quits": 50.5,
   "score_tenure": 31.7,
   "score_earnings": 33.5,
   "pillars": 3,
   "rank": 9
  },
  {
   "sector": "Leisure and Hospitality",
   "ghi": 0.0,
   "quits_rate_latest": 4.2,
   "quits_rate_12mo_avg": 3.87,
   "quits_yoy_pp": -0.8,
   "median_tenure_years": 2.1,
   "avg_weekly_earnings_usd": 600.2,
   "avg_annual_earnings_usd": 31210,
   "score_quits": 0.0,
   "score_tenure": 0.0,
   "score_earnings": 0.0,
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   "rank": 10
  }
 ]
}