Year % of total labor force 1991 45.34133088316522 1992 45.19461917692795 1993 44.83173946632856 1994 44.975633139734875 1995 44.94835967231591 1996 44.87862018678511 1997 44.8403818649216 1998 44.86411737730138 1999 45.23803676733943 2000 45.172366579066676 2001 45.23490601381182 2002 45.42477957049655 2003 45.37364753744467 2004 45.160734424384664 2005 45.14099278160408 2006 45.223454640442924 2007 45.09090250582111 2008 44.89235772214364 2009 44.95062504600343 2010 44.862877007921774 2011 44.8085621855485 2012 44.768686863396034 2013 44.65303754149048 2014 44.5204891107875 2015 44.43341751824734 2016 44.38013580222623 2017 44.335108537166114 2018 44.33335340776527 2019 44.32255285864922 2020 44.250956254016934 2021 44.327206189465315 2022 44.17747324192596 2023 44.102328948603635