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A third of U.S. workers under 30 were underemployed in April, according to Gallup.
Compared with older Americans, young adults were more than twice as likely to be underemployed and 50% more likely to be unemployed.
The 32% of 18- to 29-year-olds last month who were either unemployed or working part time but seeking full-time jobs was up 2 percentage points from March and marks the highest since May 2011. Gallup's measurement is not seasonally adjusted.
For older Americans, April underemployment was 14.0% for those 30 to 49, 13.6% for 50- to 64-year-olds and 12.7% for those 65 and up.
In April, the unadjusted unemployment rate for young adults was 13.6% -- the same as in April 2011 -- compared with the overall rate of 8.3%. The March jobless figure for the 18-t0-29 group was 12.5%.
Gallup interviewed 28,215 Americans, including 2,864 who were ages 18 to 29.
The Labor Department's April report showed that a slight drop in unemployment was the result of a shrinking U.S. workforce.
