Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Only 47% Of Working Age Americans Have Full Time Jobs
The January 7 employment report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It seems valuable to look at unemployment from this, a different, angle. Some of it may even surprise you.
The total non institutional civilian labor force (Americans 16 years and older who are not in a institution -criminal, mental, or other types of facilities- or an active military duty) is reported as 238.889 million. Of these, we see:
Employed: 139.206 million people (58.3% of labor force)
Unemployed: 14.485 million people (6.1% of labor force)
http://www.businessinsider.com/real-employment-rate-47-percent-2011-1#ixzz1C4X97gAo