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Updated Mon, May 26th 2025 at 12:52 PM - Research released this month has show that about one in four Americans are unable to find living wage jobs.

Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP) has reported an increase in functional unemployment. According to LISEP's April True Rate of Unemployment (TRU) report, the rate of functional unemployment has risen to 24.3%, marking the third consecutive month it has exceeded 24%.

The TRU measures the functionally unemployed, which includes the jobless, those seeking but unable to find full-time employment and individuals in poverty-wage jobs.