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Posted on 08/18/2026 9:40:47 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The U.S. unemployment rate remains historically low, but a growing number of labor researchers are focused on a different warning sign: young men are becoming less likely to work or actively look for jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in July, while the civilian labor force declined by 264,000 people and the labor force participation rate slipped to 61.4%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The decline is especially pronounced among young men. A May analysis by the American Institute for Boys and Men found that labor force participation among men ages 16 to 24 fell from 69% in 2000 to 57% in 2025, the largest drop among the male age groups it examined. The group also found that the share of young men who were not in school and not seeking work doubled from 4% to 8% between 1990 and 2024.
The trend is unfolding as the broader labor market shows signs of cooling. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said July’s unemployment rate dropped partly because labor force participation declined faster than employment in the household survey. The bank also said payroll employment, employment-to-population ratios and labor force participation had moved lower in 2026, even as most major indicators remained healthy by historical standards.
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DEI is in full force.
Waiting for all the boomercons to show up on this thread and blame it on “young people just don’t wanna work anymore like we did in my day!”
“Not seeking work”. Did you ASK them?...or did you just ASSUME that if they were unemployed for the long term that they “gave up” and therefore stopped counting them????
Men are treated unfairly in college admissions and job hiring. If they do get a job they are passed over for deserved promotions.
That explains why they would not be enthusiastic about joining the job market.
all according to the feminazi plan ...
In the world of DEI young men have to clean up everybody else’s messes without complaint.
It can get very old very quickly.
No values. Shut up.
I have to wonder about how illegals leaving the country and the big layoffs in the federal government contributed to these numbers. Large swaths of illegals are in that age range.
Show us on the doll where the ‘Boomers’ hurt you sweetie.
“”””Waiting for all the boomercons to show up on this thread and blame it on “young people just don’t wanna work anymore like we did in my day!”””””
I’m a “boomercon” as well as an employer for decades. So many of the younger generation don’t want to work. Staying stoned and playing video games in moms basement is an acceptable lifestyle for them.
I read a book years ago on how (and why) the age of “adulthood” has gone up so much since the internet. It is mid 30’s for men and high 20’s for women or something.
Back in Jesus’ day kids had one influence - their family and village which all shared the same values. Adulthood got older as the years went by and technology, travel, etc. increased and kids were influenced by things outside of their tribe.
Nowadays....
How much of this is from the parasites Traitor Joe paid to invade America?
Maynard G. Krebs was born about 70 years too early.
You just can’t wait to put words in people’s mouth can you?
Hard to get a job if you ain’t a woman or foreigner or both.
A generation of lost men? The reality of NEET data
That shows the NEET percentage of young men going down since 2020 (14.3% in 2020 to 12.5% in 2025). In other words, the LRP (labor force participation rate) might be misleading if we're trying to figure out which young men are neither working nor educating themselves to work. So according to that, there are a higher percentage of young men either working or in work training (college or trade school).
How do ‘labor researchers’ account for people working ‘off the books’ or alternative careers such as ‘uncredentialed pharmacist?’
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