U.S. female labor force 1990-2022

This graph shows the civilian female labor force in the United States from 1990 to 2022. In 2022, the number of women who had jobs or were seeking employment amounted to almost 76.87 million.

Civilian female labor force in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in millions)

Characteristic	Female labor force in millions
'22	76.87
'21	75.7
'20	75.54
'19	76.85
'18	75.98
`17	75.17
'16	74.43
'15	73.51
'14	73.04
'13	72.72
'12	72.65
'11	71.64
'10	71.9
'09	72.02
'08	71.77
'07	70.99
'06	70.17
'05	69.29
'04	68.42
'03	68.27
'02	67.36
'01	66.85
'00	66.3
'99	64.86
'98	63.71
'97	63.04
'96	61.86
'95	60.94
'94	60.24
'93	58.8
'92	58.14
'91	57.18
'90	56.83

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2022

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

The term Civilian male labor force is used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to describe the subset of Americans who have jobs or are seeking a job, are at least 16 years old, are not serving in the military and are not institutionalized. In other words, all Americans who are eligible to work in the everyday U.S. economy.

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