TED: The Economics Daily

The U.S. economy is projected to add 5.2 million jobs from 2024 to 2034. Total employment is projected to increase to 175.2 million and grow 3.1 percent, which is slower than the 13.0-percent growth recorded over the 2014-24 decade.

Of the 56 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more, 32 large areas had unemployment rate increases from July 2024 to July 2025, 21 had decreases, and 3 had no change. The largest rate increase occurred in Cleveland, Ohio (+0.8 percentage point). The largest rate decline occurred in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana (−1.0 percentage point).

In 2024, a plan network was available to 99 percent of private industry workers participating in medical care plans. Plan participants typically pay a lower price for using in-network services. Of those participating in medical plans, 18 percent of private industry workers had one plan network and 75 percent had two networks available.

Overall, 64.2 percent of the U.S. population worked in 2023, up from 63.8 percent in 2022. In 2023, the percentage of women who worked at some time during the year increased by 0.5 percentage point to 59.4 percent, and the percentage of men who worked at some time during the year was up by 0.4 percentage point to 69.2 percent. Men continued to be more likely to work at some time during the year than women.