Table 1 shows the prime-age labor force participation rates grouped by sex and education for 2008, 2015, and 2019, and the percentage point difference in the rates between those years. Men and women without a bachelor's degree saw greater declines in their labor force participation rates from 2008 to 2015 than their college-educated counterparts. Although labor force participation rates have increased for all four groups since 2015, rates for men and women without a bachelor's degree remain 2 percentage points below their pre-recession levels. Of all four groups, only college-educated women have seen their labor force participation rate fully recover to and exceed its pre-recession level.
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