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Employers keep looking for workers to meet consumer demand, though there are signs the labor market may cool down.
But the share of the population in the job market is still about a percentage point below the level of February 2020.
More people in the United States are working two full-time jobs than ever before, says Lauren Kaori Gurley of The Washington Post.
About 3.5 million more people were working or looking for work in May than a year earlier. Economists hope the number keeps rising.
“There are going to be lingering scarring effects,” economist Michelle Holder said.
A hot job market continues to seek out teenagers. But will that hurt their academics and long-term job prospects?
Employment for women may not recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2024 — two years after a recovery for men.
For the first time since 2009, there are more women in the workforce than there are men.
Labor force participation in the U.S. is said to be lower than that of comparable economies. There are a couple of factors at play.
The study comes from the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonpartisan group that examines mass incarceration.