Year % of total labor force 1991 39.41496794226733 1992 39.27821309576983 1993 39.25401883382479 1994 39.209149743037635 1995 38.99751870667282 1996 38.73457200536731 1997 37.929351458406146 1998 38.00599180414609 1999 38.18275228470577 2000 39.274845215675185 2001 39.54067419069198 2002 39.72618924190876 2003 40.14260847439004 2004 40.20358513681903 2005 40.26691021471465 2006 39.327666024151966 2007 39.71143920961439 2008 39.04888574299022 2009 38.95455571696698 2010 38.63801953383984 2011 39.658172317206045 2012 39.327480354478766 2013 40.10153492515794 2014 39.650566680734215 2015 39.56427467034614 2016 38.85817792107866 2017 39.09545413946074 2018 39.07276502951995 2019 40.78566677177823 2020 40.558241146397336 2021 40.06276714682695 2022 40.20604016556799 2023 40.97881045485692