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Open original source ↗45% is the US working age population (16 to 64) have a college degree. 25% of unemployed working age have college degrees.
Hyperventilating about this tells me too many slept through statistics class in college.
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BREAKING: Unemployed Americans with 4-year college degrees now make up a record 25.3% of total unemployment. The percentage has doubled since the 2008 Financial Crisis. This comes as over 1.9 million workers aged 25+ with at least a bachelor’s degree are now unemployed. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for Americans aged 20–24 is up to 9.2%, the highest since May 2021. This rate has risen +2.2 points YoY, an increase not seen outside recessions. The US labor market is weakening across all education levels.
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