42.0%
Jun 2026 (latest)
RECENT GRAD UNDEREMPLOYMENT
percent working in jobs that do not typically require a college degree, ages 22–27 with a bachelor's degree or higher · 1990–2026 · lower is better · Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Labor Market for Recent College Graduates
39.0%
Nov 2022
43.4%
high · Oct 2020
38.1%
low · Jan 2023
+3.0 pts
since Nov 2022
┊ on the monthly chart the dashed line marks ChatGPT released (Nov 30, 2022); on the annual views, 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Share of employed recent college graduates (ages 22–27, bachelor's or higher) working in a job that does not typically require a college degree, by the New York Fed's O*NET-based classification of occupations, from CPS microdata, monthly from January 1990 (seasonally adjusted moving average), published quarterly. Annual figure is the twelve-month average.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market
- https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/research/interactives/data/college-labor-market/college-labor-underemployment-data.csv
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Employment-And-Jobs
Monthly data
The publisher's own cadence, every period. The annual table below is derived from these values (annual average); the annual figures are what the almanac pages and the machine-readable exports carry.
| Period | Recent Grad Underemployment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 42.0% | +0.1 pts |
| May 2026 | 41.8% | +0.2 pts |
| Apr 2026 | 41.6% | +0.1 pts |
| Mar 2026 | 41.5% | −0.1 pts |
| Feb 2026 | 41.6% | −0.3 pts |
| Jan 2026 | 41.9% | −0.4 pts |
| Dec 2025 | 42.3% | −0.1 pts |
| Nov 2025 | 42.4% | +0.2 pts |
| Oct 2025 | 42.2% | +0.4 pts |
| Sep 2025 | 41.8% | +0.1 pts |
| Aug 2025 | 41.7% | −0.1 pts |
| Jul 2025 | 41.9% | +0.4 pts |
| Jun 2025 | 41.5% | +0.3 pts |
| May 2025 | 41.2% | −0.1 pts |
| Apr 2025 | 41.2% | −0.1 pts |
| Mar 2025 | 41.3% | +1.1 pts |
| Feb 2025 | 40.2% | +1.1 pts |
| Jan 2025 | 39.2% | +0.5 pts |
| Dec 2024 | 38.6% | −0.6 pts |
| Nov 2024 | 39.2% | −0.5 pts |
| Oct 2024 | 39.7% | −0.8 pts |
| Sep 2024 | 40.4% | −0.3 pts |
| Aug 2024 | 40.7% | +0.0 pts |
| Jul 2024 | 40.7% | −0.0 pts |
| Jun 2024 | 40.7% | +0.2 pts |
| May 2024 | 40.5% | −0.2 pts |
| Apr 2024 | 40.7% | −0.0 pts |
| Mar 2024 | 40.7% | −0.2 pts |
| Feb 2024 | 40.9% | +0.1 pts |
| Jan 2024 | 40.8% | +0.4 pts |
| Dec 2023 | 40.4% | +0.1 pts |
| Nov 2023 | 40.3% | −0.1 pts |
| Oct 2023 | 40.3% | +0.2 pts |
| Sep 2023 | 40.1% | −0.4 pts |
| Aug 2023 | 40.5% | +0.5 pts |
| Jul 2023 | 40.1% | −0.0 pts |
| Jun 2023 | 40.1% | +0.8 pts |
| May 2023 | 39.3% | −0.2 pts |
| Apr 2023 | 39.5% | +0.2 pts |
| Mar 2023 | 39.3% | +0.8 pts |
| Feb 2023 | 38.5% | +0.4 pts |
| Jan 2023 | 38.1% | −0.2 pts |
| Dec 2022 | 38.3% | −0.7 pts |
| Nov 2022 | 39.0% | −0.6 pts |
| Oct 2022 | 39.6% | +0.0 pts |
| Sep 2022 | 39.5% | −0.6 pts |
| Aug 2022 | 40.1% | −0.0 pts |
| Jul 2022 | 40.1% | −0.7 pts |
| Jun 2022 | 40.8% | −0.2 pts |
| May 2022 | 41.0% | −0.1 pts |
| Apr 2022 | 41.2% | +0.0 pts |
| Mar 2022 | 41.1% | −0.2 pts |
| Feb 2022 | 41.3% | −0.2 pts |
| Jan 2022 | 41.5% | −0.1 pts |
| Dec 2021 | 41.6% | +0.0 pts |
| Nov 2021 | 41.6% | −0.0 pts |
| Oct 2021 | 41.6% | +0.2 pts |
| Sep 2021 | 41.4% | +0.2 pts |
| Aug 2021 | 41.3% | +0.5 pts |
| Jul 2021 | 40.7% | +0.1 pts |
| Jun 2021 | 40.7% | +0.1 pts |
| May 2021 | 40.5% | +0.1 pts |
| Apr 2021 | 40.5% | +0.3 pts |
| Mar 2021 | 40.1% | +0.1 pts |
| Feb 2021 | 40.0% | −0.2 pts |
| Jan 2021 | 40.3% | −0.6 pts |
| Dec 2020 | 40.9% | −1.4 pts |
| Nov 2020 | 42.3% | −1.1 pts |
| Oct 2020 | 43.4% | +0.4 pts |
| Sep 2020 | 43.0% | +1.9 pts |
| Aug 2020 | 41.1% | +2.0 pts |
| Jul 2020 | 39.1% | +1.0 pts |
| Jun 2020 | 38.1% | −0.8 pts |
| May 2020 | 39.0% | −1.5 pts |
| Apr 2020 | 40.5% | −1.1 pts |
| Mar 2020 | 41.6% | +0.3 pts |
| Feb 2020 | 41.3% | +0.0 pts |
| Jan 2020 | 41.3% | −0.3 pts |
| Dec 2019 | 41.5% | −1.0 pts |
| Nov 2019 | 42.6% | +0.5 pts |
| Oct 2019 | 42.1% | +0.6 pts |
| Sep 2019 | 41.4% | +1.0 pts |
| Aug 2019 | 40.4% | −0.5 pts |
| Jul 2019 | 40.9% | −0.4 pts |
| Jun 2019 | 41.2% | −0.3 pts |
| May 2019 | 41.5% | +0.4 pts |
| Apr 2019 | 41.1% | −0.2 pts |
| Mar 2019 | 41.3% | −0.5 pts |
| Feb 2019 | 41.8% | −0.5 pts |
| Jan 2019 | 42.3% | −0.1 pts |
| Dec 2018 | 42.5% | +0.6 pts |
| Nov 2018 | 41.9% | +0.9 pts |
| Oct 2018 | 41.0% | +0.6 pts |
| Sep 2018 | 40.4% | −0.4 pts |
| Aug 2018 | 40.8% | −0.4 pts |
| Jul 2018 | 41.2% | −0.8 pts |
| Jun 2018 | 42.0% | +0.1 pts |
| May 2018 | 41.9% | +0.0 pts |
| Apr 2018 | 41.9% | +0.2 pts |
| Mar 2018 | 41.7% | +0.1 pts |
| Feb 2018 | 41.6% | −0.5 pts |
| Jan 2018 | 42.2% | −0.9 pts |
| Dec 2017 | 43.1% | −0.3 pts |
| Nov 2017 | 43.4% | −0.2 pts |
| Oct 2017 | 43.6% | +0.6 pts |
| Sep 2017 | 43.0% | +0.2 pts |
| Aug 2017 | 42.9% | +0.0 pts |
| Jul 2017 | 42.8% | −0.3 pts |
| Jun 2017 | 43.2% | −0.6 pts |
| May 2017 | 43.8% | −0.4 pts |
| Apr 2017 | 44.2% | −0.4 pts |
| Mar 2017 | 44.5% | −0.4 pts |
| Feb 2017 | 44.9% | +0.4 pts |
| Jan 2017 | 44.5% | +0.6 pts |
| Dec 2016 | 43.9% | +0.4 pts |
| Nov 2016 | 43.4% | −0.4 pts |
| Oct 2016 | 43.9% | −0.4 pts |
| Sep 2016 | 44.2% | +0.5 pts |
| Aug 2016 | 43.7% | +0.2 pts |
| Jul 2016 | 43.5% | +0.3 pts |
| Jun 2016 | 43.3% | −0.3 pts |
| May 2016 | 43.6% | +0.3 pts |
| Apr 2016 | 43.3% | −0.6 pts |
| Mar 2016 | 43.8% | −1.2 pts |
| Feb 2016 | 45.0% | −1.3 pts |
| Jan 2016 | 46.4% | −0.2 pts |
| Dec 2015 | 46.6% | +1.3 pts |
| Nov 2015 | 45.3% | +0.8 pts |
| Oct 2015 | 44.5% | +0.8 pts |
| Sep 2015 | 43.7% | −0.8 pts |
| Aug 2015 | 44.5% | −0.3 pts |
| Jul 2015 | 44.8% | −0.4 pts |
| Jun 2015 | 45.2% | −0.4 pts |
| May 2015 | 45.6% | +0.2 pts |
| Apr 2015 | 45.5% | +0.1 pts |
| Mar 2015 | 45.4% | +1.0 pts |
| Feb 2015 | 44.4% | +0.6 pts |
| Jan 2015 | 43.8% | +0.3 pts |
| Dec 2014 | 43.5% | +0.3 pts |
| Nov 2014 | 43.2% | −0.6 pts |
| Oct 2014 | 43.7% | −0.8 pts |
| Sep 2014 | 44.5% | −1.5 pts |
| Aug 2014 | 46.1% | −0.3 pts |
| Jul 2014 | 46.4% | +0.2 pts |
| Jun 2014 | 46.1% | +0.6 pts |
| May 2014 | 45.6% | +0.3 pts |
| Apr 2014 | 45.3% | +0.0 pts |
| Mar 2014 | 45.2% | −0.4 pts |
| Feb 2014 | 45.6% | −0.3 pts |
| Jan 2014 | 45.8% | −0.8 pts |
| Dec 2013 | 46.6% | −0.4 pts |
| Nov 2013 | 47.0% | −0.4 pts |
| Oct 2013 | 47.4% | +0.3 pts |
| Sep 2013 | 47.1% | +0.8 pts |
| Aug 2013 | 46.3% | −0.4 pts |
| Jul 2013 | 46.7% | +0.2 pts |
| Jun 2013 | 46.5% | −0.4 pts |
| May 2013 | 47.0% | +1.1 pts |
| Apr 2013 | 45.9% | +0.0 pts |
| Mar 2013 | 45.8% | +0.1 pts |
| Feb 2013 | 45.8% | +0.2 pts |
| Jan 2013 | 45.5% | +0.6 pts |
| Dec 2012 | 44.9% | +0.3 pts |
| Nov 2012 | 44.6% | −0.0 pts |
| Oct 2012 | 44.7% | −0.4 pts |
| Sep 2012 | 45.1% | −0.2 pts |
| Aug 2012 | 45.3% | +0.0 pts |
| Jul 2012 | 45.3% | +0.1 pts |
| Jun 2012 | 45.2% | −0.4 pts |
| May 2012 | 45.6% | −0.9 pts |
| Apr 2012 | 46.5% | −0.8 pts |
| Mar 2012 | 47.3% | −0.2 pts |
| Feb 2012 | 47.4% | +0.8 pts |
| Jan 2012 | 46.6% | +1.2 pts |
| Dec 2011 | 45.5% | +1.4 pts |
| Nov 2011 | 44.1% | +0.4 pts |
| Oct 2011 | 43.7% | +0.4 pts |
| Sep 2011 | 43.4% | −0.3 pts |
| Aug 2011 | 43.6% | −0.4 pts |
| Jul 2011 | 44.0% | −0.0 pts |
| Jun 2011 | 44.0% | +0.8 pts |
| May 2011 | 43.3% | +0.5 pts |
| Apr 2011 | 42.8% | −0.6 pts |
| Mar 2011 | 43.4% | −1.0 pts |
| Feb 2011 | 44.4% | −1.0 pts |
| Jan 2011 | 45.4% | −0.4 pts |
| Dec 2010 | 45.8% | −0.3 pts |
| Nov 2010 | 46.1% | −0.0 pts |
| Oct 2010 | 46.1% | +0.2 pts |
| Sep 2010 | 45.9% | +0.1 pts |
| Aug 2010 | 45.9% | +0.1 pts |
| Jul 2010 | 45.8% | +0.3 pts |
| Jun 2010 | 45.5% | +0.4 pts |
| May 2010 | 45.1% | +0.3 pts |
| Apr 2010 | 44.8% | +0.1 pts |
| Mar 2010 | 44.7% | +0.1 pts |
| Feb 2010 | 44.6% | +0.0 pts |
| Jan 2010 | 44.6% | −0.0 pts |
| Dec 2009 | 44.6% | +0.0 pts |
| Nov 2009 | 44.6% | +0.5 pts |
| Oct 2009 | 44.1% | −0.1 pts |
| Sep 2009 | 44.3% | +0.2 pts |
| Aug 2009 | 44.1% | +0.3 pts |
| Jul 2009 | 43.8% | +0.2 pts |
| Jun 2009 | 43.6% | −0.0 pts |
| May 2009 | 43.6% | −0.5 pts |
| Apr 2009 | 44.1% | −0.1 pts |
| Mar 2009 | 44.3% | −0.3 pts |
| Feb 2009 | 44.5% | +0.2 pts |
| Jan 2009 | 44.3% | +0.6 pts |
| Dec 2008 | 43.8% | +0.4 pts |
| Nov 2008 | 43.4% | +0.0 pts |
| Oct 2008 | 43.3% | +0.3 pts |
| Sep 2008 | 43.0% | +0.5 pts |
| Aug 2008 | 42.5% | +0.2 pts |
| Jul 2008 | 42.3% | −0.6 pts |
| Jun 2008 | 42.9% | −0.6 pts |
| May 2008 | 43.5% | +0.4 pts |
| Apr 2008 | 43.0% | +1.2 pts |
| Mar 2008 | 41.8% | +0.9 pts |
| Feb 2008 | 40.9% | +0.3 pts |
| Jan 2008 | 40.6% | −0.2 pts |
| Dec 2007 | 40.8% | −0.5 pts |
| Nov 2007 | 41.3% | −0.7 pts |
| Oct 2007 | 42.0% | −0.5 pts |
| Sep 2007 | 42.5% | +0.2 pts |
| Aug 2007 | 42.3% | +0.5 pts |
| Jul 2007 | 41.8% | +0.5 pts |
| Jun 2007 | 41.3% | −0.4 pts |
| May 2007 | 41.6% | −0.4 pts |
| Apr 2007 | 42.0% | −0.6 pts |
| Mar 2007 | 42.6% | −0.4 pts |
| Feb 2007 | 43.0% | −0.2 pts |
| Jan 2007 | 43.2% | −0.2 pts |
| Dec 2006 | 43.4% | −0.0 pts |
| Nov 2006 | 43.4% | −0.1 pts |
| Oct 2006 | 43.6% | +0.1 pts |
| Sep 2006 | 43.5% | −0.2 pts |
| Aug 2006 | 43.6% | +0.2 pts |
| Jul 2006 | 43.4% | +0.4 pts |
| Jun 2006 | 43.0% | +0.9 pts |
| May 2006 | 42.1% | +0.3 pts |
| Apr 2006 | 41.9% | −0.7 pts |
| Mar 2006 | 42.5% | −0.9 pts |
| Feb 2006 | 43.5% | −0.5 pts |
| Jan 2006 | 44.0% | +0.1 pts |
| Dec 2005 | 43.9% | +0.7 pts |
| Nov 2005 | 43.2% | +0.4 pts |
| Oct 2005 | 42.8% | +0.1 pts |
| Sep 2005 | 42.7% | +0.1 pts |
| Aug 2005 | 42.6% | −0.2 pts |
| Jul 2005 | 42.8% | +0.1 pts |
| Jun 2005 | 42.6% | −0.1 pts |
| May 2005 | 42.7% | −0.6 pts |
| Apr 2005 | 43.3% | +0.0 pts |
| Mar 2005 | 43.2% | −0.5 pts |
| Feb 2005 | 43.7% | −0.4 pts |
| Jan 2005 | 44.1% | −0.8 pts |
| Dec 2004 | 44.8% | −0.3 pts |
| Nov 2004 | 45.1% | +0.5 pts |
| Oct 2004 | 44.6% | +0.6 pts |
| Sep 2004 | 44.0% | +0.4 pts |
| Aug 2004 | 43.7% | −0.3 pts |
| Jul 2004 | 44.0% | −0.9 pts |
| Jun 2004 | 44.8% | −0.7 pts |
| May 2004 | 45.5% | −0.0 pts |
| Apr 2004 | 45.5% | +0.8 pts |
| Mar 2004 | 44.8% | +1.4 pts |
| Feb 2004 | 43.3% | +1.1 pts |
| Jan 2004 | 42.3% | +1.1 pts |
| Dec 2003 | 41.2% | −0.2 pts |
| Nov 2003 | 41.4% | −0.4 pts |
| Oct 2003 | 41.8% | −0.6 pts |
| Sep 2003 | 42.4% | −0.1 pts |
| Aug 2003 | 42.5% | +0.1 pts |
| Jul 2003 | 42.4% | −0.0 pts |
| Jun 2003 | 42.4% | +0.1 pts |
| May 2003 | 42.4% | +0.8 pts |
| Apr 2003 | 41.5% | +1.0 pts |
| Mar 2003 | 40.5% | +1.2 pts |
| Feb 2003 | 39.4% | +0.5 pts |
| Jan 2003 | 38.8% | +0.9 pts |
| Dec 2002 | 38.0% | +0.4 pts |
| Nov 2002 | 37.6% | +0.1 pts |
| Oct 2002 | 37.6% | −0.4 pts |
| Sep 2002 | 37.9% | −0.2 pts |
| Aug 2002 | 38.1% | +0.0 pts |
| Jul 2002 | 38.1% | +0.3 pts |
| Jun 2002 | 37.9% | −0.6 pts |
| May 2002 | 38.5% | −0.3 pts |
| Apr 2002 | 38.8% | −1.2 pts |
| Mar 2002 | 40.0% | +0.2 pts |
| Feb 2002 | 39.8% | +0.2 pts |
| Jan 2002 | 39.5% | +1.0 pts |
| Dec 2001 | 38.5% | +0.6 pts |
| Nov 2001 | 38.0% | +0.1 pts |
| Oct 2001 | 37.9% | −0.5 pts |
| Sep 2001 | 38.4% | −0.3 pts |
| Aug 2001 | 38.7% | +0.0 pts |
| Jul 2001 | 38.7% | +0.8 pts |
| Jun 2001 | 37.9% | +0.6 pts |
| May 2001 | 37.2% | +0.7 pts |
| Apr 2001 | 36.6% | −0.1 pts |
| Mar 2001 | 36.7% | −0.7 pts |
| Feb 2001 | 37.4% | −0.5 pts |
| Jan 2001 | 37.9% | −0.9 pts |
| Dec 2000 | 38.8% | +0.0 pts |
| Nov 2000 | 38.8% | +0.1 pts |
| Oct 2000 | 38.6% | +0.7 pts |
| Sep 2000 | 37.9% | +0.8 pts |
| Aug 2000 | 37.1% | −0.7 pts |
| Jul 2000 | 37.8% | −0.3 pts |
| Jun 2000 | 38.0% | −1.1 pts |
| May 2000 | 39.1% | +0.3 pts |
| Apr 2000 | 38.9% | +0.3 pts |
| Mar 2000 | 38.5% | +0.5 pts |
| Feb 2000 | 38.0% | +0.2 pts |
| Jan 2000 | 37.9% | −0.1 pts |
| Dec 1999 | 38.0% | −0.3 pts |
| Nov 1999 | 38.3% | −0.1 pts |
| Oct 1999 | 38.4% | +0.2 pts |
| Sep 1999 | 38.2% | +0.1 pts |
| Aug 1999 | 38.1% | −0.4 pts |
| Jul 1999 | 38.5% | −1.0 pts |
| Jun 1999 | 39.5% | −0.5 pts |
| May 1999 | 40.0% | −0.6 pts |
| Apr 1999 | 40.7% | −0.1 pts |
| Mar 1999 | 40.7% | −0.8 pts |
| Feb 1999 | 41.5% | −0.1 pts |
| Jan 1999 | 41.6% | −0.2 pts |
| Dec 1998 | 41.8% | +0.1 pts |
| Nov 1998 | 41.7% | +0.5 pts |
| Oct 1998 | 41.2% | +0.4 pts |
| Sep 1998 | 40.9% | +0.4 pts |
| Aug 1998 | 40.4% | +0.4 pts |
| Jul 1998 | 40.1% | +0.4 pts |
| Jun 1998 | 39.6% | +0.4 pts |
| May 1998 | 39.3% | −0.2 pts |
| Apr 1998 | 39.4% | −0.7 pts |
| Mar 1998 | 40.2% | −0.6 pts |
| Feb 1998 | 40.7% | −1.0 pts |
| Jan 1998 | 41.7% | −0.2 pts |
| Dec 1997 | 41.9% | −0.2 pts |
| Nov 1997 | 42.1% | +1.2 pts |
| Oct 1997 | 41.0% | −0.3 pts |
| Sep 1997 | 41.2% | +0.4 pts |
| Aug 1997 | 40.8% | −0.5 pts |
| Jul 1997 | 41.3% | +0.3 pts |
| Jun 1997 | 41.0% | −0.4 pts |
| May 1997 | 41.4% | −0.2 pts |
| Apr 1997 | 41.6% | −0.4 pts |
| Mar 1997 | 41.9% | −0.1 pts |
| Feb 1997 | 42.0% | −0.6 pts |
| Jan 1997 | 42.6% | −0.0 pts |
| Dec 1996 | 42.6% | −0.2 pts |
| Nov 1996 | 42.8% | −0.0 pts |
| Oct 1996 | 42.8% | −0.4 pts |
| Sep 1996 | 43.2% | −0.7 pts |
| Aug 1996 | 43.9% | −0.5 pts |
| Jul 1996 | 44.4% | +0.2 pts |
| Jun 1996 | 44.2% | +0.4 pts |
| May 1996 | 43.8% | +0.5 pts |
| Apr 1996 | 43.4% | +0.8 pts |
| Mar 1996 | 42.6% | +0.5 pts |
| Feb 1996 | 42.1% | −0.0 pts |
| Jan 1996 | 42.1% | −0.6 pts |
| Dec 1995 | 42.8% | −0.8 pts |
| Nov 1995 | 43.5% | −0.6 pts |
| Oct 1995 | 44.2% | −0.1 pts |
| Sep 1995 | 44.3% | −0.1 pts |
| Aug 1995 | 44.4% | +0.2 pts |
| Jul 1995 | 44.2% | −0.4 pts |
| Jun 1995 | 44.6% | −0.2 pts |
| May 1995 | 44.8% | −0.2 pts |
| Apr 1995 | 45.0% | +0.1 pts |
| Mar 1995 | 44.9% | −0.0 pts |
| Feb 1995 | 44.9% | +0.2 pts |
| Jan 1995 | 44.7% | −0.1 pts |
| Dec 1994 | 44.8% | +0.4 pts |
| Nov 1994 | 44.4% | −0.1 pts |
| Oct 1994 | 44.5% | −0.9 pts |
| Sep 1994 | 45.4% | −1.2 pts |
| Aug 1994 | 46.5% | −0.7 pts |
| Jul 1994 | 47.2% | +0.1 pts |
| Jun 1994 | 47.1% | +0.3 pts |
| May 1994 | 46.8% | −0.5 pts |
| Apr 1994 | 47.3% | −0.6 pts |
| Mar 1994 | 47.9% | −0.2 pts |
| Feb 1994 | 48.1% | +0.5 pts |
| Jan 1994 | 47.6% | +0.9 pts |
| Dec 1993 | 46.7% | +0.2 pts |
| Nov 1993 | 46.5% | −0.1 pts |
| Oct 1993 | 46.6% | −0.2 pts |
| Sep 1993 | 46.8% | +0.0 pts |
| Aug 1993 | 46.8% | +0.3 pts |
| Jul 1993 | 46.5% | +0.0 pts |
| Jun 1993 | 46.4% | +0.5 pts |
| May 1993 | 45.9% | +0.1 pts |
| Apr 1993 | 45.8% | +0.0 pts |
| Mar 1993 | 45.8% | −1.1 pts |
| Feb 1993 | 46.9% | −0.7 pts |
| Jan 1993 | 47.6% | −0.8 pts |
| Dec 1992 | 48.3% | −0.1 pts |
| Nov 1992 | 48.4% | +0.3 pts |
| Oct 1992 | 48.1% | +0.5 pts |
| Sep 1992 | 47.7% | +0.4 pts |
| Aug 1992 | 47.3% | +0.0 pts |
| Jul 1992 | 47.2% | −0.1 pts |
| Jun 1992 | 47.3% | −0.4 pts |
| May 1992 | 47.7% | −0.3 pts |
| Apr 1992 | 48.0% | +0.4 pts |
| Mar 1992 | 47.6% | +1.3 pts |
| Feb 1992 | 46.4% | +0.9 pts |
| Jan 1992 | 45.5% | +0.2 pts |
| Dec 1991 | 45.2% | −0.2 pts |
| Nov 1991 | 45.4% | +0.8 pts |
| Oct 1991 | 44.6% | −0.0 pts |
| Sep 1991 | 44.6% | +0.3 pts |
| Aug 1991 | 44.4% | −0.5 pts |
| Jul 1991 | 44.8% | +0.7 pts |
| Jun 1991 | 44.1% | +0.4 pts |
| May 1991 | 43.7% | +0.2 pts |
| Apr 1991 | 43.5% | −0.4 pts |
| Mar 1991 | 43.9% | −0.8 pts |
| Feb 1991 | 44.6% | +0.0 pts |
| Jan 1991 | 44.6% | −0.0 pts |
| Dec 1990 | 44.6% | +0.3 pts |
| Nov 1990 | 44.3% | +0.1 pts |
| Oct 1990 | 44.1% | +0.2 pts |
| Sep 1990 | 43.9% | +0.1 pts |
| Aug 1990 | 43.8% | −0.6 pts |
| Jul 1990 | 44.4% | −0.6 pts |
| Jun 1990 | 45.0% | +0.3 pts |
| May 1990 | 44.8% | +0.2 pts |
| Apr 1990 | 44.5% | +1.3 pts |
| Mar 1990 | 43.3% | +0.0 pts |
| Feb 1990 | 43.2% | +0.3 pts |
| Jan 1990 | 42.9% | — |
Annual data
| Year | Recent Grad Underemployment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41.7% | +0.3 pts |
| 2025 | 41.4% | +1.1 pts |
| 2024 | 40.3% | +0.6 pts |
| 2023 | 39.7% | −0.6 pts |
| 2022 | 40.3% | −0.6 pts |
| 2021 | 40.9% | −0.1 pts |
| 2020 | 41.0% | −0.5 pts |
| 2019 | 41.5% | −0.1 pts |
| 2018 | 41.6% | −2.1 pts |
| 2017 | 43.7% | −0.4 pts |
| 2016 | 44.0% | −0.9 pts |
| 2015 | 44.9% | −0.1 pts |
| 2014 | 45.1% | −1.4 pts |
| 2013 | 46.5% | +0.8 pts |
| 2012 | 45.7% | +1.8 pts |
| 2011 | 43.9% | −1.5 pts |
| 2010 | 45.4% | +1.2 pts |
| 2009 | 44.2% | +1.6 pts |
| 2008 | 42.6% | +0.6 pts |
| 2007 | 42.0% | −1.1 pts |
| 2006 | 43.2% | +0.0 pts |
| 2005 | 43.1% | −1.2 pts |
| 2004 | 44.4% | +3.0 pts |
| 2003 | 41.4% | +2.9 pts |
| 2002 | 38.5% | +0.6 pts |
| 2001 | 37.8% | −0.5 pts |
| 2000 | 38.3% | −1.2 pts |
| 1999 | 39.5% | −1.1 pts |
| 1998 | 40.6% | −1.0 pts |
| 1997 | 41.6% | −1.6 pts |
| 1996 | 43.1% | −1.2 pts |
| 1995 | 44.4% | −2.1 pts |
| 1994 | 46.5% | −0.1 pts |
| 1993 | 46.5% | −0.9 pts |
| 1992 | 47.5% | +3.0 pts |
| 1991 | 44.5% | +0.4 pts |
| 1990 | 44.1% | — |
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