Year % of total labor force 1991 40.37544519778022 1992 40.079076737928446 1993 39.87546870295864 1994 40.089118758703 1995 40.338959491148906 1996 40.598520057639334 1997 40.85389187330159 1998 41.11012748291109 1999 41.3653978750566 2000 41.616514335850866 2001 41.86357842415081 2002 42.10812520805636 2003 42.311285201103345 2004 42.474749832703054 2005 42.62972410045883 2006 42.777470071783846 2007 42.911798744987564 2008 43.036962455350874 2009 43.15785637131137 2010 43.276580736180584 2011 43.3912833064989 2012 43.509853011104795 2013 44.07784752688203 2014 44.64495727307519 2015 45.21331461833126 2016 45.78044433914738 2017 46.34914569984239 2018 46.91399220747389 2019 46.94807516773471 2020 46.9168842246601 2021 47.17340729541817 2022 46.92779542481916 2023 47.00415035384295