60.2% of the US Population Is Employed

60.2% of the US Population is employed according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

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This figure has been consistently climbing after falling from 61.1% in February of 2020 down to 51.3% just two months later in April of 2020. 

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For context, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, as of the most recent data available, about 23.5% of the US population is made up of minors under the age of 18, while another 17% or so of the US population is over the age of 65.

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The last time that the employed percentage of the US population matched 60.2% was in April of 2017.

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You can read more about this report and the data on which it is based here.