Year % of total labor force 1991 42.047498301411714 1992 42.2442314944972 1993 42.372597747878956 1994 42.529198550140954 1995 42.730999076909434 1996 42.88687376448384 1997 43.07768097530695 1998 43.294619935065164 1999 43.86286868879281 2000 44.44821259890716 2001 44.758001324092405 2002 45.07331260221022 2003 45.39343227977407 2004 45.71207254203464 2005 46.03013949901694 2006 46.33657391333102 2007 46.2868153259373 2008 46.244079299514226 2009 46.21834819344994 2010 46.009555128125584 2011 46.12190729890681 2012 46.24930715598472 2013 46.38402237701369 2014 46.52290446734488 2015 46.64872975961272 2016 46.7609169707416 2017 46.866538743732725 2018 46.962385530136665 2019 47.05980795790982 2020 46.94872337131182 2021 47.33434249806856 2022 47.50892647414531 2023 47.49294874478686