It’s no secret that trans people face heightened levels of discrimination when seeking employment. A 2011 report found that the rate of unemployment of trans people was twice that of the cisgender population—which, assuming about a 4 – 5% rate for cis people, likely would have put it at about 8 – 10%. However, that may have been an undercount, as in the 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey 18% of respondents stated they were currently unemployed. Another survey by McKinsey and Company found that as much as 30% of the trans population is not in the workforce, indicating that many trans people have simply stopped even trying to find a job.