Year % of total labor force 1991 42.13413028351191 1992 42.31975056328856 1993 42.440984023935066 1994 42.669450390963675 1995 42.82588432752715 1996 42.942939522925286 1997 43.095575857678874 1998 43.26878392394318 1999 43.564283733602615 2000 43.77804467991069 2001 43.86749731657391 2002 43.98995689489956 2003 44.20292843915971 2004 44.350022117963675 2005 44.50937193341249 2006 44.6812389022 2007 44.79476447652242 2008 44.91445232480772 2009 45.163597316910284 2010 45.30668093541986 2011 45.48735350121324 2012 45.66177783707991 2013 45.78242608110404 2014 45.8803762805858 2015 45.89082785786913 2016 45.96634799997218 2017 46.007390410290135 2018 46.03039165417891 2019 46.08967962182284 2020 46.05871431381312 2021 46.3208080774887 2022 46.434383728829346 2023 46.440359707553554