Year % of total labor force 1991 35.2575278549402 1992 35.90963433917149 1993 36.453735568533595 1994 37.02314375757832 1995 37.573448082937354 1996 38.11410638773659 1997 38.65378688179724 1998 39.19409821079995 1999 39.73641108565366 2000 40.27698532081539 2001 41.4684096981862 2002 41.971989966555185 2003 42.267104549539006 2004 42.08239210208204 2005 41.959734504020275 2006 42.57818631026352 2007 43.14875903794337 2008 43.376761933887515 2009 44.284199798214665 2010 44.81700548403665 2011 44.920841295169055 2012 44.70335194259201 2013 44.90537740184972 2014 45.8521159500315 2015 46.26550473069333 2016 45.96170980007757 2017 46.068966619006154 2018 45.97162623697347 2019 45.63614528601589 2020 45.13258884057328 2021 45.34443172212864 2022 45.80978507637884 2023 46.27804438029948