Year % of total labor force 1991 26.703423915463276 1992 26.97346824418926 1993 26.735982014851633 1994 25.902693432337454 1995 25.18330876811989 1996 25.22633612982202 1997 25.394696467281026 1998 25.55751191198542 1999 25.706947944564966 2000 25.836231418911492 2001 25.93915282692575 2002 26.01753098581639 2003 26.07156776724156 2004 25.89131844416746 2005 26.002331297008457 2006 26.480782074016073 2007 27.032003405440967 2008 27.55368262283053 2009 28.05840638464096 2010 28.55389873629162 2011 28.72333249707705 2012 28.614835250525683 2013 28.53392290984792 2014 28.046898856881793 2015 26.1779923848679 2016 25.23142939623354 2017 25.255943473104004 2018 24.524322471907862 2019 24.312253500065424 2020 24.464671156779662 2021 24.620051546783646 2022 24.802097851560482 2023 24.981038766992025