- The last jobs report for 2023 showed that the job market is doing well, with many jobs added and a low unemployment rate.
- Even though there were fewer jobs added compared to previous years, it was still better than what experts expected.
- Workers with disabilities, who often face difficulties finding jobs, have seen improvements. More than 7.7 million disabled people had jobs as of December 2023.
- More disabled people joined the workforce, and this happened because a lot of them began working remotely. In December 2023, around 1.8 million individuals with disabilities had remote work. It could also be because nearly a million more people identified as disabled, possibly because of the increase in long COVID cases.
- At the same time, unemployment across the disabled workforce has climbed.
- The unemployment rate for workers with disabilities is now at 6.7%.
- Disabled workers still face more challenges in finding jobs compared to others. Their unemployment rate is almost twice the unemployment rate for all U.S. workers.
The unemployment rate for workers with disabilities is increasing
Posted on January 18, 2024