Year % of total labor force 1991 47.04259720969709 1992 47.20609110853013 1993 47.41369654338135 1994 47.619012608903425 1995 48.37397784608247 1996 48.250078957612615 1997 48.51625399303297 1998 48.27067344382209 1999 47.862390971197776 2000 48.12955465587044 2001 48.40518970358383 2002 48.43408797572121 2003 48.76999993141901 2004 48.904150411790205 2005 49.029028084739366 2006 48.94460369491572 2007 48.3957419821196 2008 49.00734294261626 2009 49.19690539525251 2010 49.34636118598383 2011 49.45852974901261 2012 48.88949429593053 2013 49.22554849981521 2014 50.04393611827882 2015 50.285631193003596 2016 49.96738070417325 2017 49.637676233464305 2018 49.37037366730805 2019 49.973230985308334 2020 49.85122842812208 2021 50.17778619369228 2022 49.51311995485607 2023 49.606104860439764