Washington, D.C.
Working past retirement age: 30.2%
Retirement-age unemployment rate: 4.9%
Total working-age population: 4,288,189
Working seniors: 211,924
The key to Washington's high percentage of retirement-age workers? It might just be retired federal workers. Like a lot of other cities with large government workforces, Washington employs many people long after they've officially entered their golden years. In the nation's capital, a lot of ...
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Working past retirement age: 30.2%
Retirement-age unemployment rate: 4.9%
Total working-age population: 4,288,189
Working seniors: 211,924
The key to Washington's high percentage of retirement-age workers? It might just be retired federal workers. Like a lot of other cities with large government workforces, Washington employs many people long after they've officially entered their golden years. In the nation's capital, a lot of them go back to work as consultants.
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