Chart: Payroll employment and the number of jobs needed to keep up with the growth in the potential labor force, January 2000–November 2013

Figure A

Payroll employment and the number of jobs needed to keep up with the growth in the potential labor force, January 2000–November 2013

Source: Author's analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics and estimates of the potential labor force from the Congressional Budget Office (2012)

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