Year % of total labor force 1991 38.883188105377286 1992 38.689244213995416 1993 38.66322899304958 1994 38.845989946880124 1995 39.10099651261823 1996 39.407517433231355 1997 39.89733707719186 1998 38.89479794042695 1999 39.3775150182688 2000 40.21714546792513 2001 40.54962551170308 2002 40.561131781677354 2003 40.222317062003256 2004 40.73072436101389 2005 40.91414196272904 2006 41.14897777558194 2007 41.143693454349844 2008 41.22490679588683 2009 41.01403354262151 2010 41.137436790785245 2011 41.130980982174634 2012 41.108478641325824 2013 41.17018085237792 2014 41.38266184628954 2015 41.53913642419187 2016 41.674620551974265 2017 41.91712411136163 2018 42.104931648236764 2019 42.464042191504255 2020 42.46407833729218 2021 42.717007700825135 2022 43.02717289386913 2023 43.47652634354597