Year % of total labor force 1991 41.36897019155724 1992 41.683951364922635 1993 41.99033161003856 1994 42.04681421948019 1995 42.004976680879615 1996 43.6208327110192 1997 43.68821969494723 1998 44.23052885061874 1999 44.33532390611275 2000 44.20318653853417 2001 44.80889621533314 2002 45.18602918834016 2003 45.192254894877536 2004 45.27517320427181 2005 45.615868037683 2006 45.641894577576444 2007 45.52351995713281 2008 46.08168616304401 2009 46.1904824658487 2010 45.77995989361624 2011 45.832046417225556 2012 45.96130466331154 2013 46.12574750594713 2014 46.39744707894719 2015 46.475426091817035 2016 46.53714762776355 2017 46.408060985796126 2018 46.5920536332543 2019 46.80712515736251 2020 46.69103036599969 2021 46.797591087021985 2022 46.7234260619944 2023 46.739453607090766