What Percentage of US Teens are in the Labor Force?

Of the 167 million people in the nation’s labor force in 2023, 3.81%, or approximately 6.36 million were teens. The percentage of teens in the labor force has changed over time, recently reaching its lowest rate since the 1940s.

Teen labor force participation was above 50% throughout most of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. It dipped below that in the early 2000s. Between 2000 and 2010, the rate fell from 52% to 35%. Notably, the rate dropped to 28.1% in April 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdown measures but has since risen.

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