working-age
Between school, retirement
Working-age describes people old enough to work but not yet retired, typically between roughly 16 and 65: the working-age population, working-age adults.
The term appears often in economics and policy discussions about labor force participation, dependency ratios, and retirement systems.
Suitable for work
- participationAct of taking part
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- hiringGiving someone work
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
occupation · full-time · part-time · wages · income · earnings · employed · underemployed
All inhabitants combined
- adultsFully mature individuals
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- workforceAll available workers
- censusOfficial population count
statistics · headcount · segment · generation · taxpayers · contributors · eligible
Gains or helpful effects
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- entitlementsLegally guaranteed benefits
- welfareComfort and prosperity
employable
Suitable for work
- participationAct of taking part
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- hiringGiving someone work
career · occupation · full-time · part-time · wages · income · earnings · employed · underemployed · vocational
population
All inhabitants combined
census · statistics · headcount · segment · generation · taxpayers · contributors · eligible
benefits
Gains or helpful effects
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- entitlementsLegally guaranteed benefits
- age stagesinfant, toddler, child, teen, teenage
- agesinfant, child, kid, teen, adult
- generationsbaby boomers, millennials, Gen Z, Gen X, baby boomer