An embrace of remote work spurred by the pandemic helped the employment rate for disabled people reach an all-time high last year.
The percentage of disabled people who were employed rose to 21.3% in 2022, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s more than a two percentage point increase from 2021 and the most since 2008, when comparable data were first published.
The unemployment rate for disabled people dropped last year along with the national average. And while the labor force participation rate did tick up for those without disabilities, it went up by three times as much for people with disabilities.
