Millennial Men Leave Perplexing Hole in Hot U.S. Job Market
- Men from ages 25 to 34 are less likely to work than before
- About 500,000 young men are missing, and it isn’t clear why
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Nathan Butcher is 25 and, like many men his age, he isn’t working.
Weary of long days earning minimum wage, he quit his job in a pizzeria in June. He wants new employment but won’t take a gig he’ll hate. So for now, the Pittsburgh native and father to young children is living with his mother and training to become an emergency medical technician, hoping to get on the ladder toward a better life.