• U.S. employment rate by age 2019

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This statistic displays the employment rate by age in the United States. In 2019, the employment rate of the workforce of 55 years and older slightly increased to 39.1 percent. Employment rate among young adults (age 16-24) was at 51.2 percent in 2019. For monthly updates on employment in the United States visit the monthly national employment rate here.

Employment rate by age in the United States from 2000 to 2019

	16-24	25-29	30-34	35-44	45-54	55 and over
'19	51.2%	79.4%	80.2%	80.9%	79.2%	39.1%
'18	50.5%	78.8%	79.7%	80.4%	78.5%	38.8%
'17	50.3%	77.9%	78.8%	79.8%	77.8%	38.7%
'16	49.4%	76.7%	78.2%	79.3%	77.2%	38.5%
'15	48.6%	75.7%	77.4%	78.7%	76.6%	38.4%
'14	47.6%	74.7%	77.1%	78.3%	76%	38.2%
'13	46.5%	74%	76.4%	77.4%	75.2%	38.2%
'12	46%	74%	75.8%	77.1%	75.2%	38%
'11	45.5%	72.8%	74.9%	76.6%	75%	37.6%
'10	45%	73.1%	74.8%	76.5%	74.9%	37.4%
'09	46.9%	73.4%	75.7%	77%	75.8%	37.3%
'08	51.2%	77.7%	79.3%	80.2%	78.5%	37.9%
'07	53.1%	78.8%	80.1%	80.9%	79.4%	37.4%
'06	54.2%	78.6%	79.7%	80.9%	79.4%	36.9%
'05	53.9%	77.6%	79.5%	80.5%	78.9%	35.9%
'04	53.9%	77%	79.2%	80%	78.7%	34.9%
'03	53.9%	77%	78.7%	79.7%	78.8%	34.2%
'02	55.7%	78.1%	79.4%	80.3%	78.8%	33.2%
'01	57.7%	79.5%	80.7%	81.6%	79.8%	32.2%
'00	59.7%	81%	82%	82.2%	80.5%	31.5%

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January 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2019

Age group

16 years and older

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