| Washington’s young adults, 18 through 24, experience the highest unemployment and the greatest difficulty of any age group in getting a job, and keeping it.
Unemployment routinely runs twice as great for this age group than for other workers.There are over 655,000 Washington residents who are between 18 and 24 and more than half of them are not attending school.
Young Adults Not Attending School by Education Level, 2010
Education Level |
Unemployment
Rate
|
Median Hourly Wage (working young adults) |
Less Than High School |
38.6% |
$9 |
High School or GED |
17.5% |
$10 |
Associate’s Degree or Certificate |
5.9% |
$14 |
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher |
4.2% |
$17 |
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