As the Obama “Hope” posters continue to fade over the beds of the Millennial generation, so too does the urge to work.

The Millennial generation is the most highly educated one and yet the percentage of those not working is staggering.

According to a Pew Research Center study, 30 percent of Millennial men between the ages of 18 and 33 have no job. About 8 percent are unemployed and 22 percent are not engaged in the workforce at all.

Pew’s analysis does not take into account those that consider themselves “underemployed.”

Knox News notes previous generations of men at the same point in their lives, including Generation X and Baby Boomers, maintained a steady 20 percent jobless rate, so the 50 percent spike is significant.

Millennials lived through the “Great Recession,” and unlike previous recessions, when the unemployment rate decreased, job growth was slow.

” … the amount of people not participating in the labor force at all is unusually high,” according to the news service.

The Millennial generation may represent a fundamental shift in American culture beyond just employment rates.

Millennials were also recently dubbed the “Gayest Generation.”

A study from the Public Religion Research Institute finds 7 percent claim LGBT status, compared to 3.5 percent of the adult population.