As the labor market tightens, employers are drawing in a fast-risingshare of black and Hispanic women who weren’t actively lookingfor work the previous month.

What new workers were doing a month ago; shown as 24-month average relative to a group’s share of the labor force

Black and Hispanic women come o� the sidelines

Men: Black Hispanic White

Women: Black Hispanic White

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5%

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4

5%

’10 ’12 ’14 ’16 ’18

’10 ’12 ’14 ’16 ’18

Note: White and black exclude those of Hispanic ethnicity. Includes workers age 16 to 65.Source: Labor Department via IPUMS with guidance from Nick Bunker at Indeed, Ernie Tedeschi at Evercore ISI and Marianne Wanamaker at University of Tennessee Knoxville.

THE WASHINGTON POST

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