In 2023, 22.5 percent of people with a disability were employed—the highest recorded ratio since comparable data were first collected in 2008. This rate increased by 1.2 percentage points from the prior year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Similarly, the employment-population ratio for those without a disability, at 65.8 percent, increased by 0.4 percentage point in 2023. The unemployment rate for people with a disability (7.2 percent) was little changed in 2023, while the rate for those without a disability was unchanged over the year at 3.5 percent.
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