United States Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States increased to 63.10 percent in December from 62.90 percent in November of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States averaged 62.99 percent from 1950 until 2018, 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.

Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States is expected to be 62.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States to stand at 63.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 62.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

United States Labor Force Participation Rate

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-10-05	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	62.7%	62.7%	62.7%	62.8%
2018-11-02	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	62.9%	62.7%		62.8%
2018-12-07	01:30 PM	Participation Rate	62.9%	62.9%		62.8%
2019-01-04	01:30 PM	Participation Rate	63.1%	62.9%		62.7%
2019-02-01	01:30 PM	Participation Rate		63.1%
2019-03-08	01:30 PM	Participation Rate
2019-04-05	12:30 PM	Participation Rate				62.7%

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	312.00	176.00	1115.00	-1967.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	301.00	173.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	11.00	3.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	32.00	27.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	213.00	216.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1737.00	1719.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	271.00	157.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156945.00	156803.00	156945.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6294.00	6018.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.40	0.20	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.40	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	63.10	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.77	0.84	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.70	8.10	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.05	108.81	109.60	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.69	105.10	105.69	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	6540.00	7320.00	7320.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6888.00	7131.00	7293.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	43884.00	53073.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	23.05	22.96	23.05	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.60	4.79	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.91	21.80	21.91	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.60	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	325.72	323.41	325.72	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		[+]
Employment Rate	60.60	60.60	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129913.00	129755.00	129913.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26994.00	27039.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2380.00	2270.00	2380.00	2160.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1660.00	1560.00	1660.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]

United States Labor Force Participation Rate

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 January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	63.10	62.90	67.30	58.10	1950 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.00	Sep/18	78.8	79 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Sep/18	72.2	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Dec/18	70.9	71 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.40	Jun/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Nov/18	65.5	65.8 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.70	Nov/18	65.8	65.9 : 61.7	%
Canada	65.40	Dec/18	65.4	67.7 : 61.4	%
United States	63.10	Dec/18	62.9	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.90	Nov/18	62.8	70.3 : 62.5	%
South Korea	62.20	Dec/18	63.4	63.9 : 48.5	%
Japan	61.90	Nov/18	62	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	61.80	Nov/18	61.8	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	60.90	Jun/18	61	61.7 : 56.9	%
Mexico	59.50	Sep/18	60	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.50	Sep/18	59.1	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.73	Sep/18	58.8	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.20	Jun/18	57	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.20	Jun/18	55.5	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.60	Oct/18	53.4	53.6 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.70	Sep/18	46.4	46.9 : 44.5	%