Current：Home > MyWe found the 'missing workers' -VisionFunds
We found the 'missing workers'
Surpassing View
Date：2025-04-08 13:57:53
The latest jobs numbers came in strong. Unemployment is still at historic lows and there are more job openings than workers to fill those positions. So, we ask again, where are all the workers?
Today, we listen to the stories of people who left the labor force over the last few years to hear why they opted out—and whether they're coming back.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (46268)
Related
- All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
- Inside the fight against methane gas amid milestone pledges at COP28
- Why solar-powered canoes could be good for the future of the rainforest
- London police make arrests as pro-Palestinian supporters stage events across Britain
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- Man dies in landslide at Minnesota state park
- Review: The long Kiss goodbye ends at New York’s Madison Square Garden, but Kiss avatars loom
- Walmart says it has stopped advertising on Elon Musk's X platform
- A Mississippi company is sentenced for mislabeling cheap seafood as premium local fish
- President Joe Biden heading to Hollywood for major fundraiser featuring Steven Spielberg, Shonda Rhimes
Ranking
- A White House order claims to end 'censorship.' What does that mean?
- Assailant targeting passersby in Paris attacked and killed 1 person and injured another
- 32 female athletes file lawsuit against Oregon citing Title IX violations
- Weeks later, Coast Guard is still unsure of what caused oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Sheriff says Alabama family’s pet ‘wolf-hybrid’ killed their 3-month-old boy
- More than 100 Gaza heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks
- Hilary Farr announces she's leaving 'Love It or List It' after 'a wonderful 12 years'
Recommendation
Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
Klete Keller, Olympic gold medalist, gets 36 months probation in Jan. 6 riot case
These 15 Holiday Gifts for Foodies Are *Chef's Kiss
U.S. Women National Team meets Serena Williams after 3-0 victory over China
Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ is No. 1 at the box office with $21 million debut
Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' film debuts in theaters: 'It was out of this world'
France and Philippines eye a security pact to allow joint military combat exercises