Participation Rate vs. Unemployment Rate: What's the Difference?

The participation rate and unemployment rate are both used to gauge the health of the job market but in completely different ways.
Forbes

Unemployment Is Low, But So Is The Labor Force Participation Rate — What’s Going On In The U.S. Labor Market?

Unemployment has consistently fallen since December 2021 One factor behind declining unemployment could be a slow recovery in the labor force participation rate since the onset of COVID Labor force ...
San Francisco Fed

What’s Driving Labor Force Participation Among Women?

A substantial and unexpected rise in women’s labor force participation rates over the past few years has been a key factor spurring rapid labor force growth. In particular, Hispanic women have made a ...
AOL

Why Do I Need to Know the Participation Rate in My Annuity?

The participation rate in an annuity refers to the percentage of the index’s return an insurance company credits to the annuity. If we consider the participation rate to be 80% and the index increases ...