Full time jobs as a percent of population fell in August 2024 to 49.98, to 49.67 for the first eight months of the year, which is worse than both 2023 and 2022

 Bad news.

Full time as a percent of population:

Jan-Aug 8-month average

2024  49.67

2023  50.26

2022  50.12

2021  48.30

Full year average

2023  50.21

2022  50.09

2021  48.63