New remote work opportunities offer hope for milspouse pay gap
It's no surprise that the highest rate of unemployment in U.S. history was during the Great Depression, when rates jumped to 24.9 percent in 1933, four years after the infamous Black Thursday stock market crash caused total economic collapse and led to widespread poverty. But what would surprise most Americans is that military spouses have faced Depression-era levels of unemployment for decades.
Prior to COVID-19, when U.S. unemployment rates dropped to modern lows of 3.5 percent, military wives' unemployment rate was stuck at 25 percent due to frequent moves, deployments, career interruptions, childcare issues and occupational licensing requirements.