Women hold more jobs than men for third time in US history — and the surprising shift could be here to stay

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 06, 2026 · 719 words · By Alex Oliveira

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Women hold more jobs than men for third time in US history — and the surprising shift could be here to stay See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Common ground

Women currently hold more jobs than men in the US for the third time in history — and experts say the disparity could be here to stay as seismic employment shifts take hold in America.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Causal Oversimplification, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Women held more jobs than men just two times before, the first after 2008... The second came before the 2020 pandemic”

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No evidence was found after searching for the specific timing of the previous two crossovers (post-2008 and pre-2020).

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Claim 2: “The fairer sex held 79.64 million jobs as of June 2026, compared to the 79.34 million jobs held by men at the time”

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While other claims regarding 2026 are corroborated, the specific numbers (79.64 million vs 79.34 million) are not present in the provided evidence. The evidence for 'June' consists of general calendar definitions.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Among Us is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by the American game studio Innersloth. The game allows for cross-platform play; it was released on iOS and Android …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As They Made Us is a 2022 American comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by Mayim Bialik, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Dianna Agron, Simon Helberg, Candice Bergen, Dusti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_They_Made_Us

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars—the latter the most widely used calendar in the world. Its length is 30 days. June succeeds May and precedes July. This month …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June

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Claim 3: “research was published in the Journal of Political Economy in 2017 and found that young men spend about 70% of their off-work hours playing video games”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found after searching for the 2017 Journal of Political Economy study regarding young men and video games.

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Claim 4: “just 66.8% of men employed or actively seeking a job — down from 75.1% in 2000”

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Web search results discuss a general decline in male labor force participation (e.g., 80% in 70s to 69% in 2020), but the specific figures of 75.1% in 2000 and 66.8% in June 2026 are not found in the evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2000 (MM) was a century leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1000th and last year of the 2nd millenni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000

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web search NEUTRAL — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) in Ireland.
https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/unemployment-by-sex-and-ag…

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Claim 5: “Since Trump’s second inauguration in January 2025, the US economy has added 468,000 payroll jobs”

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Claim 6: “Of those, 86% — or 403,000 of the jobs went to women — with only 65,000 going to men”

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Claim 7: “in Feb. 2026, women held 96,000 more jobs than men”

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The provided evidence for February consists of general calendar definitions and unrelated political meetings; it does not mention the specific job gap of 96,000.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 January 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iranian-backed Shia Iraqi militia coalition, launched an attack drone, striking Tower 22, a U.S. military outpost in Rukban, northeast Jordan. Th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. February is the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The February 2025 United States–Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia (also known as the 2025 Saudi Arabia meeting) was a meeting at the ministerial level between the United States and Russia. It was held on…
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Claim 8: “just 60 years ago there were 24 million more men in the workforce than women”

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The search results provided for this claim are only dictionary definitions of the word 'approximately' and do not contain workforce data from 60 years ago.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · The meaning of APPROXIMATELY is in an approximate manner —used to indicate that a stated number, amount, or value is an approximation. How to use approximately in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approximately

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web search NEUTRAL — APPROXIMATELY definition: 1. close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time: 2. close to a…. Learn more.
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web search NEUTRAL — Define approximately. approximately synonyms, approximately pronunciation, approximately translation, English dictionary definition of approximately. adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate t…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/approximately

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Claim 9: “Women currently hold more jobs than men in the US for the third time in history”

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Three independent web search results confirm that women hold more jobs than men for the third time in US history.

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web search NEUTRAL — Women held more US jobs than men as of this year for the third time in history, and experts think that’s here to stay. Getty Images/Westend61. And in the last 12 months, about 95% added positions went…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/us-news/women-hold-more-jobs-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — For the third time in history, women outnumber men in the workforce as their stay-at-home boyfriends become the norm in American society. According to the Federal Reserve, as of early 2026, women held…
https://sandrarose.com/2026/08/women-outnumber-their-stay-at…

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web search NEUTRAL — For only the third time in US history, women now outnumber men in the workforce, a milestone that economists say reflects an important shift in the nation's economy.
https://www.dailymail.com/yourmoney/article-16024977/stay-ho…

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Claim 10: “Women in the labor market hit 56.6% as of June, but dropped from just 60.1% since 2000”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia definitions of 'Female' and 'Woman' and calendar dates, providing no data on labor force participation rates.

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web search NEUTRAL — Anatomically the general female characteristic of human sexual dimorphism is the human female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman

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Claim 11: “young adult men are much more likely to be living with their parents than young adult women”

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Claim 12: “by the 1990s, men still held about 7 million more jobs than women and even by 2005, they held around 5 million more”

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Two independent web search results confirm that in the early 1990s, men held nearly 7 million more payroll jobs than women.

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web search NEUTRAL — In the early 1990s, men held almost seven million more payroll jobs than women.' 'That gap has been narrowing for more than three decades, so another crossover was increasingly likely,' he added. 'The…
https://www.dailymail.com/yourmoney/article-16024977/stay-ho…

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web search NEUTRAL — In the early 1990s, men held nearly 7 million more jobs than women. That gap gradually shrank over the last three decades, and is now gone. The trend continued over the last year. Over the past 12 mon…
https://dnyuz.com/2026/03/28/the-stay-at-home-boyfriend-is-n…

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Claim 13: “two-thirds — 814,000 — of the 1.2 million added from Feb. 2024 to Feb. 2026 [positions] went to women”

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Multiple independent sources (Fast Company, IBTimes UK, and another web search result) confirm that between Feb 2024 and Feb 2026, 1.2 million jobs were added and 814,000 (two-thirds) went to women.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 327 days remain until the end of the year (328 in leap years).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_7

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year (327 in leap years).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_8

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