Year % of total labor force 1991 42.21876795229865 1992 42.274168820137156 1993 42.259769126535666 1994 42.38121279063944 1995 42.466010825459264 1996 42.493030201206686 1997 42.5037624193322 1998 42.55896300024198 1999 42.56991823179023 2000 42.5721081191742 2001 42.496592100769554 2002 42.445443669882664 2003 42.43018473491122 2004 42.34687172652591 2005 42.3280920879859 2006 42.273282968251046 2007 42.3426380255339 2008 42.268752182280295 2009 42.246238307367356 2010 42.14062476405728 2011 42.15377907805523 2012 42.21737358436284 2013 42.17993987562945 2014 42.175177009463305 2015 42.275456047114716 2016 42.386447541576004 2017 42.495765505576486 2018 42.584156563008335 2019 42.71390700972494 2020 42.51162116193867 2021 42.793945671838394 2022 42.5994738150899 2023 42.59901284861535