Golden Finance reported that data shows that the group of people with a four-year college degree in the United States now accounts for a record 25% of the total unemployed, highlighting the sharp slowdown in white-collar hiring this year. The monthly data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday, which was delayed due to the government shutdown, shows that the unemployment rate for those with a bachelor's degree rose to 2.8% in September, an increase of half a percentage point from a year ago. In contrast, the unemployment rate for other educational levels has seen little to no increase during the same period. In September, there were more than 1.9 million unemployed Americans aged 25 and older with at least a bachelor's degree, accounting for one-quarter of the total unemployed. This proportion has never reached such a high level in data going back to 1992 before 2025. This indicates that younger, newly graduated college students are also struggling to find jobs. Michael Feroli, Chief U.S. Economist at JPMorgan, pointed out that college-educated.