Year % of total labor force 1991 33.138135207235344 1992 33.33779156858549 1993 33.56026089828915 1994 34.14743221080098 1995 34.42573135698457 1996 34.715121367048965 1997 35.00603303247458 1998 34.97267013428117 1999 35.26029816924184 2000 35.74588588157401 2001 36.22553390226298 2002 36.70090010373165 2003 37.02392012838175 2004 36.82848669554106 2005 37.3519234291112 2006 36.670471210124866 2007 37.15464593700118 2008 37.07692406009752 2009 37.59713283184374 2010 37.3133885651891 2011 36.953427037761024 2012 37.795450374991866 2013 38.509268004181266 2014 38.8739139919889 2015 39.53359254047999 2016 39.651913475389414 2017 40.01949552414374 2018 40.430669459003404 2019 41.43625218347991 2020 40.70073206093061 2021 40.756950422912446 2022 39.64807873294293 2023 40.14928122089383