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United States Labor Force Participation Rate
1950-2016 | Data | Chart
Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States decreased to 62.70 percent in November from 62.80 percent in October of 2016. Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States averaged 63 percent from 1950 until 2016, reaching an all time high of 67.30 percent in January of 2000 and a record low of 58.10 percent in December of 1954.
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Calendar
GMT
Reference
Actual
Previous
Consensus
Forecast
2016-10-07
12:30 PM
Sep
62.9%
62.8%
62.8%
2016-11-04
12:30 PM
Oct
62.8%
62.9%
62.90%
2016-12-02
01:30 PM
Nov
62.7%
62.8%
62.9%
2017-01-06
01:30 PM
Dec
62.7%
62.72%
2017-02-03
01:30 PM
Jan
62.70%
2017-03-03
01:30 PM
Feb
62.71%
United States Labour
Last
Previous
Highest
Lowest
Unit
Unemployment Rate
4.60
4.90
10.80
2.50
percent
[+]
Non Farm Payrolls
178.00
142.00
1115.00
-1967.00
Thousand
[+]
Government Payrolls
22.00
7.00
427.00
-260.00
Thousand
[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private
156.00
135.00
1089.00
-814.00
Thousand
[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls
-4.00
-5.00
572.00
-519.00
Thousand
[+]
Initial Jobless Claims
254.00
258.00
695.00
162.00
Thousand
[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims
2018.00
2007.00
6635.00
988.00
Thousand
[+]
ADP Employment Change
216.00
119.00
336.00
-805.00
Thousand
[+]
Employed Persons
152085.00
151925.00
152085.00
57635.00
Thousand
[+]
Unemployed Persons
7400.00
7787.00
15352.00
1596.00
Thousand
[+]
Average Hourly Earnings
-0.10
0.40
0.60
-0.30
percent
[+]
Average Weekly Hours
34.40
34.40
34.70
33.70
Hours
[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate
62.70
62.80
67.30
58.10
percent
[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate
1.16
1.24
2.80
1.16
percent
[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate
10.40
10.30
19.50
7.80
percent
[+]
Productivity
106.90
106.10
107.00
27.60
Index Points
[+]
Labour Costs
110.70
110.50
110.70
17.12
Index Points
[+]
Job Vacancies
5445.00
5562.00
6197.00
2132.00
Thousand
[+]
Job Offers
5534.00
5631.00
5845.00
2196.00
Thousands
[+]
Challenger Job Cuts
26936.00
30740.00
248475.00
15100.00
Persons
[+]
Wages
21.72
21.68
21.72
2.50
USD/Hour
[+]
Wages in Manufacturing
20.60
20.59
20.60
1.27
USD/Hour
[+]
Wage Growth
4.32
4.63
13.77
-5.77
percent
[+]
Minimum Wages
7.25
7.25
7.25
0.25
USD/Hour
[+]
Employment Cost Index
0.50
0.60
1.60
0.20
percent
[+]
Labor Market Conditions Index
1.50
1.40
32.40
-49.00
[+]
Population
321.57
319.07
321.57
76.09
Million
[+]
Retirement Age Women
66.00
66.00
66.00
66.00
[+]
Retirement Age Men
66.00
66.00
66.00
66.00
[+]
Wages Low Skilled
1780.00
1810.00
1860.00
1450.00
USD/Month
[+]
Wages High Skilled
4130.00
4150.00
4150.00
4000.00
USD/Month
[+]
Living Wage Family
2710.00
2680.00
2850.00
2680.00
USD/Month
[+]
Living Wage Individual
1660.00
1650.00
1710.00
1650.00
USD/Month
[+]
Part Time Employment
27727.00
27637.00
28134.00
10086.00
Thousand
[+]
Full Time Employment
124193.00
124296.00
124301.00
64640.00
Thousand
[+]
Employment Rate
59.70
59.80
64.70
55.00
percent
[+]
United States Labor Force Participation Rate
Notes
The civilian labor force participation rate is the number of employed and unemployed but looking for a job as a percentage of the population aged 16 years and over. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Labor Force Participation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2016.
Actual
Previous
Highest
Lowest
Dates
Unit
Frequency
62.70
62.80
67.30
58.10
1950 - 2016
percent
Monthly
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AMERICA
EUROPE
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
AFRICA
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Previous
Highest
Lowest
Slovakia
90.40
Jun/16
89.3
91.3
79.4
%
Quarterly
Tanzania
86.70
Dec/14
89.6
89.6
86.7
%
Yearly
Iceland
83.20
Oct/16
83.9
84.6
78.7
%
Monthly
North Korea
79.50
Dec/15
79.5
84.3
79.5
%
Yearly
United Kingdom
78.30
Sep/16
78.3
78.5
74.1
%
Monthly
Macau
72.90
Sep/16
72.7
74.4
60.8
%
Monthly
Estonia
71.90
Sep/16
71.5
71.9
61.2
%
Quarterly
Norway
71.20
Sep/16
70.8
74.4
60.2
%
Quarterly
Denmark
70.20
Sep/16
69.9
72.8
67.7
%
Monthly
New Zealand
70.10
Sep/16
69.7
70.1
63
%
Quarterly
Russia
69.50
Oct/16
70
70.3
64.2
%
Monthly
Switzerland
69.50
Sep/16
69.2
69.6
67
%
Quarterly
Ecuador
69.20
Sep/16
67.77
69.2
61.7
%
Quarterly
Latvia
68.40
Sep/16
68.3
68.4
59.9
%
Quarterly
Singapore
68.30
Dec/15
66.7
67
55.3
%
Yearly
Indonesia
68.06
Dec/16
65.76
69.21
57.14
%
Yearly
Georgia
67.80
Dec/15
66.47
67.8
62.21
%
Yearly
Malaysia
67.60
Sep/16
67.8
69.6
62.3
%
Monthly
Belgium
67.40
Jun/16
67.2
68.3
63.6
%
Quarterly
Albania
67.30
Sep/16
65.8
67.3
57.9
%
Quarterly
Canada
65.60
Nov/16
65.8
67.7
61.4
%
Monthly
Barbados
65.30
Mar/16
65.3
70.6
14.1
%
Quarterly
Italy
65.30
Jun/16
64.2
65.3
57.2
%
Quarterly
Sweden
65.30
Sep/16
65.8
65.8
60.2
%
Quarterly
Dominican Republic
65.00
Mar/16
65.4
66.2
61.2
%
Yearly
Finland
64.80
Oct/16
64.8
73.8
62
%
Monthly
Australia
64.60
Nov/16
64.4
65.8
60.14
%
Monthly
Colombia
64.20
Sep/16
64.6
66.9
56.9
%
Monthly
Israel
64.10
Oct/16
64.4
64.7
62.1
%
Monthly
Netherlands
64.00
Mar/16
64.2
67.1
61.7
%
Quarterly
Philippines
63.60
Dec/16
63.3
71.5
62.9
%
Quarterly
South Korea
63.20
Oct/16
63.3
63.5
48.5
%
Monthly
El Salvador
62.79
Dec/14
63.6
63.6
52.4
%
Yearly
United States
62.70
Nov/16
62.8
67.3
58.1
%
Monthly
Ukraine
62.40
Jun/16
61.7
65.3
61.2
%
Quarterly
Cyprus
61.90
Jun/16
60.3
64.7
55.5
%
Quarterly
Mongolia
61.60
Sep/16
60.2
64.8
59.2
%
Quarterly
Hungary
61.50
Aug/16
61.44
61.5
53.84
%
Monthly
Austria
61.20
Jun/16
60.5
61.8
57.3
%
Quarterly
Brazil
61.20
Oct/16
61.2
61.7
60.9
%
Monthly
Guatemala
61.10
Dec/15
60.4
68.2
60.2
%
Quarterly
Armenia
61.00
Jun/16
59.2
65.9
59.2
%
Quarterly
Hong Kong
61.00
Oct/16
61.2
66.5
59.5
%
Monthly
Lithuania
60.60
Jun/16
59.8
61.1
54.7
%
Quarterly
Germany
60.50
Jun/16
60.7
60.7
56.9
%
Quarterly
Japan
60.40
Oct/16
60.5
74
58.5
%
Monthly
Ireland
60.30
Sep/16
60.3
64.1
57
%
Quarterly
Czech Republic
59.80
Jun/16
59.6
61
58.1
%
Quarterly
Mexico
59.50
Oct/16
59.7
61.47
58.18
%
Monthly
Chile
59.43
Sep/16
59.35
60.37
57.69
%
Monthly
Spain
59.28
Sep/16
59.41
60.55
48.88
%
Quarterly
South Africa
59.10
Sep/16
57.9
60.8
53.6
%
Quarterly
Portugal
58.80
Sep/16
58.3
62.5
58.1
%
Quarterly
Taiwan
58.76
Oct/16
58.79
61.21
57.06
%
Monthly
Luxembourg
58.60
Jun/16
58.4
60.8
51.4
%
Quarterly
Costa Rica
57.70
Sep/16
57.2
63.7
56.8
%
Quarterly
European Union
57.70
Jun/16
57.5
57.8
56.3
%
Quarterly
Euro Area
57.00
Jun/16
56.8
57.3
55
%
Quarterly
Slovenia
56.70
Jun/16
55.8
60.7
55.8
%
Quarterly
Macedonia
56.58
Sep/16
56.49
57.8
50.3
%
Quarterly
Poland
56.10
Mar/16
56.5
57.1
53.2
%
Quarterly
France
56.00
Sep/16
56
56.7
56
%
Quarterly
Saudi Arabia
55.30
Sep/16
54.9
55.3
47.8
%
Quarterly
Malta
55.10
Jun/16
54.3
55.4
48.4
%
Quarterly
Serbia
54.10
Jun/16
52.6
54.1
46.1
%
Quarterly
Bulgaria
53.60
Sep/16
53.8
55.2
47.9
%
Quarterly
Sri Lanka
53.30
Jun/16
54.1
54.3
46.9
%
Quarterly
Turkey
52.80
Sep/16
51.9
52.8
43.9
%
Monthly
Romania
52.70
Mar/16
54.2
67.8
52.7
%
Quarterly
India
52.50
Dec/13
50.9
52.9
50.9
%
Yearly
Greece
52.20
Jun/16
52.04
53.7
51
%
Quarterly
Croatia
51.70
Jun/16
51.1
54.1
48.5
%
Quarterly
Palestine
46.10
Sep/16
45.7
46.3
40.5
%
Quarterly
Argentina
46.00
Jun/16
44.8
46.9
44.5
%
Quarterly
Moldova
44.80
Sep/16
45.7
61.4
37
%
Quarterly
Algeria
41.80
Dec/15
40.7
43.2
40
%
Yearly
Puerto Rico
39.80
Oct/16
40.4
49.8
39.4
%
Monthly
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