This has some interesting numbers: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/economy/labor-force-retirement-great-resignation/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/ec

This has some interesting numbers: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/economy/labor-force-retirement-great-resignation/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/economy/labor-force-retiremen... "Nearly 70% of the 5 million people who left the labor force during the pandemic are older than 55, according to researchers from Goldman Sachs, and many of them aren't looking to return" I suspect that many of those left good jobs. And then everyone essentially took a step up in jobs. So for the lowest level, there just aren't people to fill those jobs now.