164 million people employed in 2025 divided by 320 million people means 49% were not employed.
Raw figures.
The actual “unemployment” figure you hear is not raw figures, since you must exclude the 75 million children and elderly.
But still, 33% in that case.
The official figure you see excludes far more people from the counting to make it seem like only a tiny fraction of people are unemployed. They’ll say 4% or something. But in fact, about half of all people are not employed in the US.
Raw figures.
The actual “unemployment” figure you hear is not raw figures, since you must exclude the 75 million children and elderly.
But still, 33% in that case.
The official figure you see excludes far more people from the counting to make it seem like only a tiny fraction of people are unemployed. They’ll say 4% or something. But in fact, about half of all people are not employed in the US.