Click here to see the BLS data. I averaged all the monthly figures. The data from the St. Louis Fed shows 80.0% for last year. Here is their graph. Click here to go to their page.
Here is their data:
Year
|
Annual%
|
Year
|
Annual%
|
Year
|
Annual%
|
||
1948
|
63.0
|
1972
|
69.5
|
1996
|
80.2
|
||
1949
|
62.1
|
1973
|
70.5
|
1997
|
80.9
|
||
1950
|
62.8
|
1974
|
70.8
|
1998
|
81.1
|
||
1951
|
64.4
|
1975
|
69.3
|
1999
|
81.4
|
||
1952
|
65.0
|
1976
|
70.6
|
2000
|
81.5
|
||
1953
|
65.3
|
1977
|
71.9
|
2001
|
80.6
|
||
1954
|
63.9
|
1978
|
73.6
|
2002
|
79.3
|
||
1955
|
65.2
|
1979
|
74.6
|
2003
|
78.8
|
||
1956
|
65.9
|
1980
|
74.3
|
2004
|
79.0
|
||
1957
|
66.0
|
1981
|
74.7
|
2005
|
79.3
|
||
1958
|
64.6
|
1982
|
73.5
|
2006
|
79.8
|
||
1959
|
65.6
|
1983
|
73.7
|
2007
|
79.9
|
||
1960
|
65.8
|
1984
|
75.8
|
2008
|
79.1
|
||
1961
|
65.3
|
1985
|
76.7
|
2009
|
75.8
|
||
1962
|
66.0
|
1986
|
77.3
|
2010
|
75.1
|
||
1963
|
66.4
|
1987
|
78.4
|
2011
|
75.1
|
||
1964
|
67.0
|
1988
|
79.2
|
2012
|
75.7
|
||
1965
|
67.7
|
1989
|
79.9
|
2013
|
75.9
|
||
1966
|
68.5
|
1990
|
79.7
|
2014
|
76.7
|
||
1967
|
69.0
|
1991
|
78.6
|
2015
|
77.2
|
||
1968
|
69.5
|
1992
|
78.3
|
2016
|
77.9
|
||
1969
|
70.0
|
1993
|
78.5
|
2017
|
78.6
|
||
1970
|
69.6
|
1994
|
79.2
|
2018
|
79.4
|
||
1971
|
69.0
|
1995
|
79.7
|
2019
|
80.0
|
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