Employment rate by age U.S. 2025| ��ƽ��

Employment rate in the United States from 2000 to 2025, by age

Characteristic	16-24	25-29	30-34	35-44	45-54	55 and over
2025*	50%	78.7%	81.2%	81.6%	80%	36.9%
2024	50.9%	78.9%	81.2%	81.9%	80%	37.3%
2023	51.8%	79.4%	81.5%	81.5%	80%	37.6%
2022	51.1%	79.1%	80.7%	80.5%	79.1%	37.8%
2021	50.1%	76.5%	78%	78.2%	77.3%	36.7%
2020	45.9%	73.5%	75.6%	77%	75.5%	36.4%
2019	51.2%	79.4%	80.2%	80.9%	79.2%	39.1%
2018	50.5%	78.8%	79.7%	80.4%	78.5%	38.8%
2017	50.3%	77.9%	78.8%	79.8%	77.8%	38.7%
2016	49.4%	76.7%	78.2%	79.3%	77.2%	38.5%
2015	48.6%	75.7%	77.4%	78.7%	76.6%	38.4%
2014	47.6%	74.7%	77.1%	78.3%	76%	38.2%
2013	46.5%	74%	76.4%	77.4%	75.2%	38.2%
2012	46%	74%	75.8%	77.1%	75.2%	38%
2011	45.5%	72.8%	74.9%	76.6%	75%	37.6%
2010	45%	73.1%	74.8%	76.5%	74.9%	37.4%
2009	46.9%	73.4%	75.7%	77%	75.8%	37.3%
2008	51.2%	77.7%	79.3%	80.2%	78.5%	37.9%
2007	53.1%	78.8%	80.1%	80.9%	79.4%	37.4%
2006	54.2%	78.6%	79.7%	80.9%	79.4%	36.9%
2005	53.9%	77.6%	79.5%	80.5%	78.9%	35.9%
2004	53.9%	77%	79.2%	80%	78.7%	34.9%
2003	53.9%	77%	78.7%	79.7%	78.8%	34.2%
2002	55.7%	78.1%	79.4%	80.3%	78.8%	33.2%
2001	57.7%	79.5%	80.7%	81.6%	79.8%	32.2%
2000	59.7%	81%	82%	82.2%	80.5%	31.5%

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January 2026

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United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2025

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

*Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

The data are not seasonally adjusted.

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In 2025, the employment rate of the workforce of 55 years and older decreased to 36.9 percent. The employment rate among young adults (age 16-24) was at 50 percent in the same year.