Year % of total labor force 1991 29.399258908327973 1992 29.1791153674573 1993 29.523487896240518 1994 30.264179788086327 1995 30.50656003269071 1996 30.272586635252075 1997 31.76257766250413 1998 32.869831265505475 1999 33.27735878763776 2000 32.636914480785904 2001 34.332017206466446 2002 34.24753114777881 2003 34.349443334109544 2004 33.653577454428685 2005 35.458913698350464 2006 35.54731433851714 2007 35.90842051072068 2008 36.343074358394276 2009 36.934190961004745 2010 37.13743869759876 2011 38.246042092979756 2012 39.91164864811319 2013 40.198232466396114 2014 39.94646353261353 2015 39.817039585545174 2016 38.51416616512343 2017 38.32785990888236 2018 39.11106015719554 2019 41.064709562838345 2020 40.16292040380422 2021 40.757387577505654 2022 40.993078905667105 2023 39.07364564858927