Full time employment as a percentage of civilian noninstitutional population has collapsed from 54.67% working full time in July 2000 to 48.97% in July 2026.
Just adding one full percentage point working full time in July 2026, effectively getting us to 50%, would mean 2.75 million more people working full time.
Where are they? At the movies making Christopher Nolan rich?
When it comes to all employment, both full and part time, as a percentage of population, July 2026 might as well be the summer of 1969, with just 59.13% working at any job.
And don't @me with the multiple jobholding bs.
5.4% of the employed worked multiple jobs in July 2026, 8.69 million.
2.16 million had two part time jobs.
4.77 million full timers also worked a part time job.
Just 0.473 million full time go-getters took away a second full time job from someone else.
It is just staggering how much this country is not working up to its potential.
