A tough job market is pushing more young Americans to make a big bet: on themselves

A tough job market is pushing more young Americans to make a big bet: on themselves A tough job market is pushing more young Americans to make a big bet: on themselves There has been a rise in entrepreneurship among young Americans as the entry-level labor market has become tougher to join Hannah William, Ethel Mwedziwendira and Anthony Mound are among younger entrepreneurs who’ve chosen to forge their own paths. /Brandon Showers Photography, Ethel Mwedziwendira, Anthony Mound Years ago, Hannah Williams learned her paycheck was $25,000 less than the going rate for her data-analytics job and talked about it on TikTok. Copyright ©2026 MarketWatch, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 We have $2.3M and have been with our adviser for 10 years — but we’re paying over $15K annually for him to manage it.

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