The data displays the unemployment rate of high school graduates and dropouts not enrolled in school from 2000 to 2017. In 2017, around 18.9% of high school dropouts were unemployed, compared to 16.8% of graduates.
Unemployment among high school dropouts and high school graduates
As seen from the timeline above, high school graduates are generally employed at a much higher rate than individuals who had dropped out of high school. Since 2000, the share of high school dropouts to be employed has risen and fallen. Unemployment of high school dropouts reached a low in 2017 at 18.
