The young worker cohort peaked in 2000. Surprising?
The growth of the older workforce | Pew Research Center
It may go up again, depending on immigration and that we peaked in high school grads in 2008. That cohort has now had kids of their own, albeit fewer than in the past. After that, immigration will set the future population curve.
The demographic curves strongly suggest that the looming labor shortage will provide today’s Gen Z will have among the greatest work opportunities in the U.S. in the past 70 years or more. At least for those who seize the opportunities. Spending time on TikTok claiming it’s the worst time ever is probably not strategy to achieve future success.
