Sunday, September 14, 2025

More Americans are stuck with the jobs they can get rather than the ones they want.

Bad news! Maybe not all is well with the US labor market.

"A faltering labor market is pushing more people into part-time work and roles they don’t want, and that don’t always pay the bills. While the official unemployment rate remains low at 4.3%, a broader measure that includes those who want full-time work but can’t find it and those who have given up looking rose to 8.1% last month. That is the highest level in nearly four years and has been gradually climbing for two years."

The Wall Street Journal What's news


About 4.5-4.8 million employees are affected (Source)


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