Friday, January 10, 2020

The percentage of 25-54 year-olds employed in 2019 was 79.95%, the higest level since 2001


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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