Figure 2C
Many older workers have physically demanding jobs: Share of older workers in physically demanding jobs, by educational attainment and age, 2018
| Share of workers in physically demanding jobs | |
|---|---|
| All educations | 31.6% |
| No college degree | 41.1% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 15.0% |
| All educations | 24.1% |
| No college degree | 32.3% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 14.5% |
Notes: Workers are in a physically demanding job if they answered that their job requires “lots of physical effort” “all” or “most” of the time.
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) analysis of Health and Retirement Study data (RAND 2022; University of Michigan 2022).
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