Year % of total labor force 1991 27.715051054841894 1992 28.045017409445443 1993 28.378301097145275 1994 28.722634264900815 1995 29.076535374580736 1996 29.439049091028735 1997 29.803464608533204 1998 30.170679274440953 1999 30.542844871530033 2000 30.915141095240912 2001 31.006118756619017 2002 31.176450202047505 2003 31.331812030095662 2004 31.480350343031965 2005 31.623132493466265 2006 31.752570427198123 2007 31.86732233142972 2008 31.985302258295466 2009 32.12585438228791 2010 32.29268235445964 2011 32.48407862814292 2012 32.69890388067231 2013 32.90352564315868 2014 33.01551490182615 2015 33.12395076743868 2016 33.22656165407448 2017 33.32425405472329 2018 33.411864401686415 2019 33.50101532662022 2020 33.47341984412088 2021 33.71230419838639 2022 33.32678201106792 2023 33.39481860712946