(GALLUP) Americans’ trust in US professions at all-time lows


The following is from Gallup News.


Gallup’s annual survey assessed Americans’ views on the honesty and ethics of US professions, finding that overall trust remains historically low. Nurses continue to lead as the most trusted profession, with 75% of Americans saying they rate their honesty and ethics as high or very high. Grade-school teachers follow with 61%, while 57% say they trust military officers. Pharmacists and medical doctors are tied at 53%.

At the other end of the spectrum, professions such as lobbyists, members of Congress, and TV reporters rank the lowest. More than half of Americans say they rate their ethics as low or very low, with advertising practitioners (10%) and car salespeople (8%) also ranking poorly.

Key findings from the survey include:

  • Medical doctors have dropped 14 points in trust since 2021, reaching their lowest rating (53%) since the mid-1990s.
  • Judges, now at 28%, have fallen 10 points in three years, reflecting a broader decline in confidence in the judicial system.
  • Clergy have seen a 26-point drop since the early 2000s, with trust now at 30%, continuing their long-term downward trend.
  • Police officers’ trust has declined to 44%, down from majority levels in 2020 and 2021.
  • TV reporters have experienced a 9-point drop since the 2000s, reflecting ongoing skepticism toward the media.

These findings underscore declining trust in public institutions, with judges, TV reporters, and clergy seeing some of the sharpest declines in ratings. Meanwhile, professions such as day care providers, pharmacists, nurses, and nursing home operators enjoyed heightened trust during the pandemic but have since returned to or fallen below pre-pandemic levels.

Auto mechanics stand out as a rare exception, with public trust rising from 24% in the early 2000s to 33% today. This makes them the only profession on Gallup’s list to show long-term improvement in trust over the past two decades.

Gallup surveyed 1,021 adults between December 2 and December 18, 2024, with a margin of error of ±3 percentage points.

For more details, read the full Gallup report here.


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  1. When we know that people are hired based on DEI instead of ability…we don’t trust them to effectively do their jobs. It’s just common sense. Add to that the open corruption of the DOJ and Justice System…and the fact that public education has openly shifted focus from educating to indoctrinating…there aren’t many professions left that DESERVE trust.

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