"Black women are being sidelined at scale Since February, Black women have lost 297,000 jobs. Another 223,000 remain unemployed. And 75,000 have been pushed out of the labor force entirely. I estimate that these forced exits alone are draining an estimated $9.2 billion from U.S. GDP this year. These aren't just missing paychecks; they represent lost productivity, lost tax revenue, and diminished national output."
"The proportional impact makes the numbers even starker. Black women's labor force size is five times smaller than that of White women. If White women had been sidelined at the same rate, my calculations show the equivalent would be 3.05 million White women economically sidelined. That's equal to the entire female workforce of Pennsylvania. Zooming out, I find that 341,000 Black women are still missing from the labor force since the pandemic began. This is the most educated female cohort in the country, and more than half are breadwinners for households with children. Erasing their economic participation undercuts today's stability and tomorrow's workforce."
Since February, nearly 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined through job losses, unemployment, and exits from the labor force. The three-month average payroll gain slowed to 62,000 per month after revisions, masking which groups faced cuts. Black women account for 297,000 job losses, 223,000 unemployed, and 75,000 forced exits, collectively draining an estimated $9.2 billion from U.S. GDP this year. The labor force of Black women is proportionally smaller; at the same sidelining rate, 3.05 million White women would be affected, roughly the entire female workforce of Pennsylvania. More than half of the missing Black women are household breadwinners, heightening risks to family stability and future workforce capacity.
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