RTW status has no relationship to state employment outcomes

Prime-age (25-54) employment as a share of population, by pre-2010 RTW, post-2010 RTW, and non-RTW sates

Lines are weighted averages of three sets of states: those without RTW laws, those who have passed RTW laws since 2010, and all other RTW states. Shaded areas represent recessions.
Chart: NC Budget & Tax CenterSource: Economic Policy Institute analysis of 2023 Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.38Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper