Low hiring has Gen-Z White Collar Jobs in Neutral

Gen Z’s white-collar careers are running into a bottleneck: hiring for 20- to 28-year-olds continued to remain flat this year, leaving young professionals competing for a limited number of openings.

With each new class of graduates entering a market that isn’t expanding, early-career workers are finding it harder to land roles that match their skills, or to move up once they’re in the door.

In this analysis, Gusto's Senior Economist Nich Tremper unpacks the data on entry-level hiring in white-collar fields. Full study here: https://gusto.com/resources/gusto-insights/gen-z-hiring-2025