Year % of total labor force 1991 48.75446936929019 1992 48.76433008954254 1993 48.80704418945116 1994 48.89931432695778 1995 49.012727064560494 1996 49.11037085557601 1997 49.208676608259665 1998 49.31846093376517 1999 49.408011279895604 2000 49.45854353861605 2001 49.5016070977092 2002 49.537686987045106 2003 49.69183403739016 2004 49.628716716814615 2005 49.790098947946355 2006 49.953274773692684 2007 50.105555164251925 2008 50.24881321079303 2009 50.15679809768919 2010 50.08242339449153 2011 50.00756969747806 2012 49.924880993361505 2013 49.84330946036592 2014 49.74630553214844 2015 49.637239702092494 2016 49.51685397223989 2017 49.407231678067554 2018 49.30236268279807 2019 49.199772427307295 2020 49.091013628425316 2021 49.383339886777335 2022 49.174613045517546 2023 49.08742071562955