Underemployment rate in the us
What is the underemployment rate in the US - Answers According to CNNMoney, the underemplyment rate as of January 2009 in the United States is 13.9%. That is up from 13.5% in December of 2008. Gallup estimated the nation’s underemployment rate at 17.4 percent in August, well above the BLS August figure of 14.7 percent. The Gallup estimate would place underemployed workers at more than 27 million. This is approximately equal to all of the combined employment in the first and second largest states,