Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force

Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by lopmotr on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:57PM (#22013978)

Some are being "proprietors, private household employees, unpaid volunteers, farm employees and the unincorporated self-employed." From a link somebody else posted https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2019/july/nonfarm-payr...

Unincorporated self-employed sounds like tradesmen, laborers, and some kinds of professionals which is a lot of men.

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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by Bartweiss on Friday January 10, 2020 @06:53PM (#22016853)

I went looking, and found that "unincorporated self-employed" is exactly as you say, and is 2/3 male. Farm employees are roughly 3/4 male. Soldiers (~90% male) are also excluded.

"Nonfarm payrolls" was never meant to be a gender-balanced stat, it just excludes the hardest to track jobs. Which is fine for comparison over time, but makes 50% a meaningless metric.

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Re:Women now make up the majority of the U.S. labor force by Gunax on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:59PM (#22014762)

and uber drivers.

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