Women lead way in job recovery

Women have recovered all the jobs they lost in the recession. In August, 68 million women were employed which exceed their high point of 67.97 million before the recession. Women have recovered more quickly because they find work in healthcare, education, retail stores, hotels, and restaurants. In August the unemployment rate was 6.8% for women while 7.7% of the men were unemployed. Men's jobs are -2.1 million to before recession levels. Since men mostly work construction and manufacturing, these jobs are slower to create without significant improvement in the economy.