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1. Labor market and economic trends for young adults
Number of U.S. workers without a college degree peaked around 1990
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- 1. Labor market and economic trends for young adults
- Number of U.S. workers without a college degree peaked around 1990
- Labor force participation has declined among young men without a college degree
- Among employed young men without a college degree, the share working full time has risen significantly since the Great Recession
- Earnings of young men without a college degree have trended upward over the past 10 years
- Household incomes of young men without a college degree have significantly increased the past 10 years
- Poverty among young men without a college degree has declined since 2014
- Labor force participation of young women without a college degree has risen since 2014
- Share of employed young women with a high school diploma working full-time is the highest it’s ever been
- Earnings of young women without a college degree have trended up in the past decade
- Median household income of young women without a college degree has increased in the past 10 years
- Poverty among young women without a college degree has steeply declined in the past 10 years
- The typical net worth of young adults with and without college degrees has increased over the past 10 years