Current：Home > NewsWe found the 'missing workers' -WealthFlow Academy
We found the 'missing workers'
View
Date：2025-04-18 23:01:11
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！ (223)
Related
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- It's Banned Books Week: Most challenged titles and how publishers are pushing back
- NFL rookie rankings: Jayden Daniels or Malik Nabers for No. 1 of early 2024 breakdown?
- Oklahoma Gov. Stitt returns to work after getting stent in blocked artery
- Man can't find second winning lottery ticket, sues over $394 million jackpot, lawsuit says
- Abbott Elementary’s Season 4 Trailer Proves Laughter—and Ringworm—Is Contagious
- Every J.Crew Outlet Order Today Includes Free Shipping, Plus an Extra 50% off Sale -- Styles Start at $9
- Judge lets over 8,000 Catholic employers deny worker protections for abortion and fertility care
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- 'Nobody Wants This': Adam Brody, Kristen Bell on love, why perfect match 'can't be found'
Ranking
- Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
- Kyle Richards’ Must-Have Tinted Moisturizer Is on Sale: Get 2 for the Price of 1 Now!
- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore welcomes King Abdullah II of Jordan to state Capitol
- Dancing With the Stars’ Danny Amendola Sets Record Straight on Xandra Pohl Dating Rumors
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Aaron Hernandez ‘American Sports Story’ series wants to show a different view of the disgraced NFLer
- Aging and ailing, ‘Message Tree’ at Woodstock concert site is reluctantly cut down
- X releases its first transparency report since Elon Musk’s takeover
Recommendation
Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says New York City mayor should resign
Chicago’s Latino Neighborhoods Have Less Access to Parks, But Residents Are Working to Change That
WNBA playoff games today: What to know for Sun vs. Fever, Lynx vs. Mercury on Wednesday
As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
'The hardest thing': Emmanuel Littlejohn, recommended for clemency, now facing execution
Amy Poehler reacts to 'Inside Out 2' being Beyoncé's top movie in 2024
Jury awards $2.78 million to nanny over hidden camera in bedroom