Year % of total labor force 1991 41.60822127649988 1992 41.788818687158056 1993 41.89326816539319 1994 42.3073827271447 1995 42.719196721441094 1996 42.91009520641569 1997 43.04488405584354 1998 43.1995707577183 1999 43.379243486188145 2000 43.848341019263046 2001 44.181018698747714 2002 44.28991069265625 2003 44.663879562430424 2004 44.556100092558346 2005 44.90251339566408 2006 45.05960607279104 2007 45.156379049185254 2008 45.2579182063383 2009 45.415528248925064 2010 45.333402830387556 2011 45.51376139121697 2012 45.63848403832577 2013 45.74610646516879 2014 45.93372800871936 2015 46.12321034152498 2016 46.4397564283043 2017 46.64230850040141 2018 46.83105023380014 2019 46.949338518897896 2020 46.99239368570003 2021 47.16996151296576 2022 47.02760095481558 2023 46.99914091136216