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- Workers ages 22-34 without a college degree reached the lowest U.S. unemployment rate in two decades.
- Economist Gad Levanon (Burning Glass Institute) attributes the shift to an oversupply of graduates and a shrinking trades workforce.
- Prime-age degree holders (25-54) posted a 2.7% unemployment rate, versus 4.7% for high-school-only workers.
- Levanon warns AI is taking entry-level tasks from new graduates, urging them to stay flexible and consider compromising job choices.
