Year % of total labor force 1991 30.501587056792555 1992 31.248265067732895 1993 31.657963290374763 1994 31.95673119425684 1995 32.553400766226595 1996 33.00108023175881 1997 33.6726655046315 1998 33.92225579956681 1999 34.199812169088766 2000 34.294504281165786 2001 33.957178968606996 2002 34.009476271985825 2003 34.936486138528885 2004 36.00459179408232 2005 36.617257446642625 2006 36.90969552757371 2007 37.43462162139201 2008 38.347124982161134 2009 38.85307861542955 2010 39.362609682943415 2011 40.195259683204135 2012 40.58118635737139 2013 40.67043594481539 2014 41.06449610140388 2015 41.023705851183614 2016 40.980944350427855 2017 41.220280227875634 2018 41.72405285876788 2019 42.03075984734572 2020 40.866419704302615 2021 41.024245701081554 2022 42.158478615920636 2023 42.77883058411086