"The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report shows some striking disparities: 91,000 women left the labor force last month, compared to 10,000 men who joined the labor force last month. If we zoom out to look at all of 2025, men's labor force size grew by 572,000, while women's grew by only 184,000. That means men joined the labor market at a rate three times greater than women."
"The data shows that we are reverting back to more white and more male workplaces, as people tend to hire people who look, think, and talk like them. It's also playing out in the wage gap data, where the gender and racial wage gap has increased for two years in a row for the first time ever. White men's earnings are increasing, and that's great-we want that. But we want that for everyone."
91,000 women left the labor force last month while 10,000 men joined. In 2025 overall, men's labor force grew by 572,000 and women's by 184,000, meaning men joined at three times the rate. Mothers and Black women experienced some of the largest declines. Black women's unemployment rose to 7.3% in 2025 from 5.4% in January 2025, compared with a 4.4% overall unemployment rate. Hiring patterns that favor similar candidates are contributing to more white and male workplaces and a widening gender and racial wage gap. Reduced female participation lowers GDP and local economic activity.
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