| ▲ | georgemcbay 3 days ago | |
Also doesn't count the underemployed. Very common for people suddenly laid-off from salaried work to turn to part-time gig work and that immediately removes them from the 4.3% unemployed statistic. | ||
| ▲ | NavinF 3 days ago | parent [-] | |
That's U-6 (U-5 plus people involuntarily working part-time). It's 8.1%. Pretty low by historical standards, but not as low as it was 3 years ago (6.9%) | ||