For the first time, there are more college-educated women than men in the labor force, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Figures show that women have edged college-educated men and now make up 50.2% of the jobs market. There are some 29.5 million women in jobs compared to 29.5 million men.
In analyzing the new data, the Pew Research Center said that the shift, long in coming, is significant because it should be followed by higher wages for women.
“Women’s growing representation among the college-educated labor force has important economic implications for individual workers and the economy. Census Bureau figures show that the typical worker (ages 25 and older) earned $41,900 in 2017, but a worker with at least a bachelor’s degree earned $61,300,” said Pew.
For years more women have graduated from colleges and universities than men, but fewer went into the work place. Pew said, “In 2018, 69.9% of college-educated women were in the labor force, compared with 78.1% of college-educated men.”
