There are still 4 million fewer full-time jobs in America than before the Great Recession

Here is a stat, reflected in the above chart, to think about: Before the Great Recession, there were 122 million full-time jobs in America. Now 4 1/2 years after its end, there are still just 118 million full-time jobs in America despite a labor force that is 1.6 million larger and a nonjailed, nonmilitary adult working-age population that is 14 million larger.

http://www.aei-ideas.org/2014/02/there-are-still-4-million-fewer-full-time-jobs-in-america-than-before-the-great-recession/