The January jobs report shows some leveling off of employment among older workers. While there was an increase in employment in January of 151,000 among workers over age 55, this is just 19,000 above the August level. Since the beginning of the downturn, employment for older workers is up by 5,537,000 while it is down by 6,586,000 for everyone else.
The January jobs report shows some leveling off of employment among older workers. While there was an increase in employment in January of 151,000 among workers over age 55, this is just 19,000 above the August level. Since the beginning of the downturn, employment for older workers is up by 5,537,000 while it is down by 6,586,000 for everyone else.