Please help me word this sentence correctly:

Question

At its zenith, the depression saw nearly 25 percent of all workers and 37 percent of all non-farm workers completely out of work.

I'm trying to say that at the peak of the depression, that's how many people were out of work.

I feel like it's confusing/I'm not conveying my message properly. Can you help me word this sentence better? Thank you!

Answer 1

What's the difference between "out of work" and "completely out of work"?

And how can you avoid having "work" appear so soon after two instances of "workers"?

You could write this:
At the zenith of the Great Depression, nearly 25 percent of all workers, including 37 percent of non-farm workers, had no jobs.