Women Filled 98 Percent of Jobs Created in August. What Happened to the Men?
September 11, 2026
American men have been withdrawing from the labor force for years now due to a combination of longstanding forces, but a jobs report released last week raised alarms that the trend may be accelerating.
Women accounted for 158,000, or 98 percent, of the 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs created in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ establishment data. Compared to this time last year, there are 870,000 more women employed in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 1.5 million fewer employed men.
