Year % of total labor force 1991 28.907897846201568 1992 28.90209940169253 1993 28.85800787580775 1994 29.062492273581697 1995 29.450786355271447 1996 29.44798791685933 1997 29.432859681243485 1998 29.427567332069575 1999 29.96678971969176 2000 30.51267835143852 2001 31.061569350941703 2002 31.60939812239114 2003 32.157528063024834 2004 32.70658138219636 2005 33.247661173708586 2006 33.7785971682894 2007 34.3053052954687 2008 34.825882732640764 2009 35.3438686614858 2010 35.85647421298629 2011 36.36529330745559 2012 36.8724267089943 2013 37.37474904575189 2014 37.87346482875245 2015 38.13268100945946 2016 38.36348691435441 2017 38.572675684469985 2018 38.286329797461434 2019 37.97399745394653 2020 37.906001724375045 2021 38.39892287227579 2022 38.63149623187351 2023 38.70875336700956