US Employment Data: Women’s Labor Participation Returns to Pre-Covid Levels
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 10, 2023
One year after the men, US women saw their labor participation return to pre-pandemic levels last month.
The female labor force expanded to 77.8 million in February, the largest on records that go back to the 1940s, according to Labor Department data published Friday. The figure marks a milestone almost three years after Covid-19 caused job losses that disproportionately fell on women and minorities.
