Year % of total labor force 1991 23.370611931055645 1992 23.411710961018457 1993 23.478765517004145 1994 23.7799552139442 1995 23.773619368524514 1996 24.07835608065414 1997 24.155578869689304 1998 24.433481632065142 1999 24.590133576687442 2000 24.749351340013444 2001 25.032598129409788 2002 24.734017256743293 2003 24.985519535690383 2004 25.236868168781267 2005 25.477128468215593 2006 25.70178494623061 2007 25.92810762731514 2008 26.16001637911365 2009 26.02330181412855 2010 25.891265947555603 2011 25.671191200460214 2012 25.264352817896977 2013 25.67291938256523 2014 25.853546813247686 2015 25.718259487048066 2016 25.04304335464011 2017 24.635781473671827 2018 24.21837328069791 2019 23.78345803381331 2020 23.235887210638797 2021 22.870934353843158 2022 22.139090327407764 2023 22.499151335760878