[bayareabadboy]

For context:

https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-lab...

[ButtSpark69]

+more context: pretty much every groups gone down since 2002 except elder people (55+)

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/searchresults?st=Labor+Force+Par...

[medvezhenok]

Actually the 25-54 category has been ~flat since 1990.

The participation rate declining is primarily due to retirement.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/06/why-did-labor...