There are now more women working in the US than men—and these cultural shifts are part of the reason why
As the U.S. economy continues to see consistent job gains, women are now outnumbering men in the U.S. workforce for the first time since 2010, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Currently, women make up 50.04% of payroll jobs in the U.S., signaling that women are benefiting more than men from today’s tight labor market.
One reason, Julia Pollak, labor economist at jobs marketplace ZipRecruiter tells CNBC Make It: In 2019, “female-dominated industries soared, while male-dominated industries plummeted.”