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55.0 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds employed in July 2018
August 21, 2018
Youth employment grows sharply between April and July each year. During these months, many high school and college students search for or take summer jobs, and many graduates enter the labor market for permanent employment. There were 20.9 million employed 16- to 24-year-olds in July 2018, about the same number as the summer before. Between April and July 2018, the number of employed youth rose by 2.0 million, in line with the change between April and July 2017. The employment–population ratio for youth—the proportion of the 16- to 24-year-old civilian noninstitutional population with a job—was 55.0 percent in July 2018, little changed from the prior year.
Employment–population ratios of 16- to 24-year-olds in July, 2003–18, not seasonally adjusted
Year
Total
Men
Women
White
Black or African American
Asian
Hispanic or Latino
2003
58.3%
60.1%
56.6%
62.6%
41.7%
43.8%
53.4%
2004
58.9
62.0
55.8
62.8
42.4
47.8
54.6
2005
59.3
61.6
57.0
62.8
44.7
46.7
54.1
2006
59.2
61.9
56.5
63.3
43.5
42.8
55.2
2007
58.0
60.3
55.6
61.7
43.0
45.6
52.5
2008
56.0
57.9
54.2
59.7
41.2
46.4
50.5
2009
51.4
52.2
50.5
55.2
36.4
41.3
46.5
2010
48.9
49.9
48.0
53.0
34.4
37.9
43.6
2011
48.8
50.2
47.3
52.3
34.6
40.5
42.9
2012
50.2
51.9
48.4
53.5
38.9
37.4
46.5
2013
50.7
51.7
49.6
54.3
38.6
39.2
47.4
2014
51.9
53.6
50.1
55.4
39.8
40.8
47.0
2015
52.7
53.9
51.4
55.8
44.7
39.8
49.1
2016
53.2
54.9
51.5
56.5
42.7
38.8
49.8
2017
54.8
56.1
53.4
57.2
46.9
42.7
50.9
2018
55.0
55.2
54.8
58.0
47.2
39.7
51.7
Employment–population ratios in July 2018 were higher than a year earlier for young women (54.8 percent), Whites (58.0 percent), and Hispanics (51.7 percent). The ratios declined for young men (55.2 percent) and Asians (39.7 percent). The ratio for Blacks, at 47.2 percent in July, was about the same as the summer before.
United States Department of Labor
