Year % of total labor force 1991 21.53414723406318 1992 21.665117639756556 1993 21.831247014626275 1994 22.017938925665952 1995 22.22804720069637 1996 22.445506197924477 1997 22.690444130822847 1998 22.959117589249033 1999 23.22695560100879 2000 23.4892480828073 2001 23.710921751009366 2002 23.949161781302784 2003 24.19366117946407 2004 24.435127103727314 2005 24.68294073280475 2006 24.907630076786937 2007 25.442617546311325 2008 26.003260512465552 2009 26.56177793363207 2010 27.06945200683681 2011 27.562708666347095 2012 28.054829589093107 2013 28.55936995111587 2014 29.070110680507216 2015 29.586567724561764 2016 30.09695822345205 2017 31.72092921735212 2018 31.885190267491343 2019 32.027998345994604 2020 32.056992863374674 2021 32.77770739477508 2022 32.3679241119237 2023 32.42968714417348