The January jobs report wasn’t great for women. What could the rest of 2022 look like?

By many accounts, last week’s jobs report was a welcome surprise.

The United States added 467,000 jobs in January, even as the omicron variant tore through homes, schools, child-care centers and workplaces across the country. Despite the surge in coronavirus cases, the economy performed well: Not only were more jobs added than expected, but the numbers suggested that average hourly earnings had increased, as did the number of people looking for work.

Read more at the Washington Post.