Chart o’ the Day: Men vs Women in the Recovery

Good news for the ladies, via FiveThirtyEight…

The recession and slow recovery have been harder on some groups than on others. Women fared better than men in terms of employment, in part because they were less likely to work in sectors such as construction and manufacturing that were particularly hard-hit in the downturn. Men have experienced a stronger rebound in the recovery, but only slightly. As a result, women returned to prerecession levels of employment last summer, while men remain hundreds of thousands of jobs in the hole.

So there’s that.

Source:

The Job Market’s Five-Year Recovery in 10 Charts (FiveThirtyEight)