The Current Job Market Is Shockingly Bad For 20-Something Men

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The Great Recession was disastrous across all worker demographics, but it was especially bad for men in their 20s.
While a greater percentage of men than women are still employed full-time, women have fared much better in the recent past, according to a new study from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). As traditional blue-collar jobs have declined, replaced by positions that demand more skills and education, 20-something men have struggled to stay employed, while women have pursued more advanced degrees that help them in today's market.

"For men, this is kind of a wake up call," says Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown CEW. "The prospects are declining and what prospects there are aren't going to last. It's taking a while for the blue-collar economy to melt down, but it's melting."

In the last decade, the share of men ages 26 to 30 employed full-time fell from 80% in 2000 to 65% in 2012, the study finds. Over the same period, the proportion of women employed full-time in that age bracket also declined, but only from 56% to 50% — a drop of six percentage points as opposed to men's 15:



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