Year % of total labor force 1991 23.66964457426317 1992 23.708282043978105 1993 23.86782918257653 1994 24.014440058297836 1995 23.977035796502346 1996 24.136486396688774 1997 24.311589834126803 1998 24.52341660278403 1999 24.62840684754593 2000 24.772749286555896 2001 24.90069298979428 2002 25.042555934139834 2003 25.25324349577055 2004 25.47942334926441 2005 25.720973151269554 2006 25.624118016981953 2007 25.52126592873198 2008 25.436289304769552 2009 25.382468417839068 2010 25.31959279839269 2011 25.050630144735 2012 24.753083357469073 2013 24.912227991540576 2014 25.079000040993865 2015 25.272674852090564 2016 25.365690683385747 2017 25.577909332986227 2018 25.556679146822102 2019 25.7617536351485 2020 25.67783414808073 2021 26.090209465730187 2022 26.323763620793127 2023 28.396565158803952