Year % of total labor force 1991 24.645536005466433 1992 24.802507224413795 1993 25.004352958810166 1994 25.230265313805557 1995 25.472383741197795 1996 25.533897726185977 1997 25.602637760935526 1998 25.698090912963593 1999 25.846427285655675 2000 26.071129256972807 2001 26.173162400937542 2002 26.33698113177131 2003 26.577813939017197 2004 26.89177074774675 2005 27.301820162325303 2006 27.984609162947226 2007 28.628986768040022 2008 29.243940032562254 2009 29.88395019859238 2010 30.59974495855252 2011 31.366686801600665 2012 32.35821547722837 2013 33.50528749589526 2014 34.65749824624875 2015 35.676595023331906 2016 36.63736039419089 2017 37.339730528154504 2018 37.84344354181402 2019 38.154106647016505 2020 37.97740232113456 2021 38.02285174777718 2022 37.578378957217076 2023 37.74781173759917