Women now outnumber men in the U.S. college-educated labor force
Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.
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Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.
Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.
The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.
This year will likely be the first year in which women are a majority of the U.S. college-educated labor force.
Millennial workers are just as likely to stick with their employers as their older counterparts in Generation X were when they were young adults.
For the first time since 1880, Americans ages 18 to 34 are more likely to be living with their parent(s) than in a household shared with a spouse or partner.
Helped by the economic recovery, the share not working or enrolled in school dropped to a historic low of 16% by 2014, a Pew Research Center analysis found.
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