Meaning: Exhausted. Synonyms: jaded; wearied. Context example: my father's words had left me jaded and depressed. Similar: tired (depleted of strength or energy)
Text Size. One of the many startling results in Friday's unemployment report for June was how few American adults are currently employed. Even though the unemployment rate is technically 9.2%, the employment-population ratio fell to 58.2%, matching its recession low. But it might help to put this number into perspective: just how bad is it?
New York Stateâs rate was 4.7 percent in June 2016. The share of the city's working-age population (16+) who were employed was 57.2 percent in June 2016. The number of City residents with jobs was essentially flat between June 2015 and June 2016. Largest Private Sector Employers in New York State.