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In 2021, the employment rate of the workforce of 55 years and older increased to 36.7 percent. Employment rate among young adults (age 16-24) was at 50.1 percent in 2021. For monthly updates on employment in the United States visit the annual national employment rate Employment rate in the United States from 2000 to 2021, by age
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Statistics on U.S. employment
Overview
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- Basic Statistic U.S. employment rate 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. full-time employees 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of part-time employees in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of employees December 2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Wage and salary workers in the U.S.: hourly earnings 1979-2020
Demographics
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- Basic Statistic U.S. rate of employed men 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. employment rate of women 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. employment rate 2000-2021, by age
- Basic Statistic U.S. employment rate in 2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Employment rate of persons with a disability U.S. 2009-2021
- Basic Statistic Employment rate of persons with a disability U.S. 2021, by race
- Premium Statistic Employment of native and foreign born workers by occupation U.S. 2021
Types of employment
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- Basic Statistic U.S.- employment by industry 2021
- Basic Statistic Part-time employed men - number in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Part-time employed women - number in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Full-time employed men - number in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic Full-time employed women - number in the U.S. 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of people working independently in the U.S. 2017-2021, by frequency
- Premium Statistic Share of adults with contingent work U.S. 2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of people freelancing in U.S. 2014-2020
Wages and employer costs
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- Basic Statistic Minimum wages in the United States, by state 2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. average annual real wages 2000-2020
- Premium Statistic Median weekly earnings of full time wage and salary workers U.S. 1979-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. largest occupations: annual mean wages 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. employer costs for employee compensation 2022, by ownership
- Basic Statistic U.S. employer costs for private industry worker compensation 2022, by industry group
- Basic Statistic U.S. employer costs for private industry worker compensation 2022, by union status
Outlook
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- Basic Statistic Projected U.S. employment change by major occupational groups 2020-2030
- Basic Statistic Occupations with the largest projected employment growth in the U.S. 2020-2030
- Premium Statistic Projected employment decline in the U.S. by occupation 2020-2030
- Premium Statistic Number of freelancers in the U.S. 2017-2028
- Premium Statistic Gig economy projected gross volume 2018-2023
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- Employment rates by gender in Hungary 2009-2021
- U.S. employment to population ratio 2021, by state
- U.S. monthly net change in nonfarm employment December 2022, by state
- Employment rate in the UK 1992-2022, by age group
- Employment rate in the UK 1971-2022, by gender
- Cities with highest rate of employment in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2014
- Unemployment rate of metropolitan counties in England 2015-2021
- Employment to population ratio in 2012, by region and gender
- Employment rate of metropolitan counties in England 2021
- Cash earnings of employees of the transportation industry in Japan 2021, by segment
- Employment rate of women with the child up to 5 years old in Poland 2010-2020
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- Employment rate Myanmar 2010-2018
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- USA - employment rate 1990-2021
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- U.S. employment to population ratio 2021, by state
- U.S. monthly net change in nonfarm employment December 2022, by state
- Employment rate in the UK 1992-2022, by age group
- Employment rate in the UK 1971-2022, by gender
- Cities with highest rate of employment in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2014
- Unemployment rate of metropolitan counties in England 2015-2021
- Employment to population ratio in 2012, by region and gender
- Employment rate of metropolitan counties in England 2021
- Cash earnings of employees of the transportation industry in Japan 2021, by segment
- Employment rate of women with the child up to 5 years old in Poland 2010-2020
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 21, 2022). Employment rate in the United States from 2000 to 2021, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/217899/us-employment-rate-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Employment rate in the United States from 2000 to 2021, by age." Chart. January 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217899/us-employment-rate-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Employment rate in the United States from 2000 to 2021, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217899/us-employment-rate-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Employment Rate in The United States from 2000 to 2021, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217899/us-employment-rate-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment rate in the United States from 2000 to 2021, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217899/us-employment-rate-by-age/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Employment rate in the United States from 2000 to 2021, by age [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/217899/us-employment-rate-by-age/