Year % of total labor force 1991 43.62460142019297 1992 43.55710407837755 1993 43.516944341837245 1994 43.47963152784419 1995 43.725046464714254 1996 43.9538081540849 1997 44.16547240894165 1998 44.37150949441792 1999 44.583927015157435 2000 44.78163820089142 2001 44.95522109824581 2002 45.12797966066013 2003 45.302947738320334 2004 45.478753806184535 2005 45.660149275479256 2006 45.65628903797212 2007 45.661337784017455 2008 45.67622084263909 2009 45.698850129921084 2010 45.726042061771174 2011 45.75367922163965 2012 45.78235642608089 2013 45.81690658972378 2014 45.93384207441925 2015 46.05445999859924 2016 46.16114470743965 2017 46.27226549836801 2018 46.3855930909375 2019 46.497294106489946 2020 46.51057012041986 2021 46.67812814192394 2022 46.763732749014 2023 46.80684237602431