Fortune reported that at the start of 2020, 109,000 more women were working than men, and women in the US made up 50.4% of the labor force.
Sectors that traditionally hire women, like healthcare and education, were growing, and other industries previously dominated by men were also hiring more women than ever before.
Forbes reported that 13.8% of mining and logging jobs were held by women, and more women were employed in manufacturing and transportation than in years past.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the women’s labor force participation rate to hit a 33-year low, with 2.3 million women in the US leaving the labor force between February 2020 and January 2021.
By 2025, however, nearly half of all US employees were women, some of whom chose to start their own businesses and chose entrepreneurship over traditional careers.
Between July 2025 and July 2026, women’s labor-force participation fell from 57.6% to 56.4%.
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