Year % of total labor force 1991 42.72070825396581 1992 42.76990820592599 1993 42.79118635689429 1994 42.97090727416771 1995 43.06802776827707 1996 43.17822055367364 1997 43.345232553522784 1998 43.403241951700885 1999 43.65363870250193 2000 43.76540571637528 2001 43.8459696427023 2002 43.975887724183366 2003 44.09604621264359 2004 44.20469749095401 2005 44.31374780122558 2006 44.389749571221834 2007 44.37673231402438 2008 44.385169147916535 2009 44.519491459619 2010 44.51744928011006 2011 44.552240154795484 2012 44.55288555264174 2013 44.55775148685253 2014 44.60672263528991 2015 44.56319509848266 2016 44.60361318365215 2017 44.668855824067975 2018 44.750012995692636 2019 44.864745676859556 2020 44.92924264160354 2021 45.1217177030927 2022 45.2422652450618 2023 45.33061542762044