United States Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States increased to 62.90 percent in October from 62.70 percent in September 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 62.80 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 62.70 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
2018-09-07	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	62.7%	62.9%		62.7%
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%		62.8%

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.70	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	250.00	118.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	246.00	121.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	4.00	-3.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	32.00	18.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	216.00	214.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1676.00	1630.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	227.00	218.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156562.00	155962.00	156562.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6075.00	5964.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.20	0.30	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.70	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.84	0.85	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.30	8.50	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	109.66	109.33	109.66	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	105.67	105.10	105.67	26.03	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7070.00	7291.00	7313.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7009.00	7293.00	7293.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	75644.00	55285.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.89	22.82	22.89	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.60	4.79	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.68	21.62	21.68	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	60.40	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129212.00	128894.00	129212.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	27297.00	27055.00	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 November of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	62.90	62.70	67.30	58.10	1950 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
United Kingdom	78.80	Aug/18	78.8	79	74.1	%	Monthly
France	72.30	Sep/18	72.2	72.3	69.5	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21	57.14	%	Yearly
Switzerland	68.40	Jun/18	68.4	68.8	66.8	%	Quarterly
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3	55.3	%	Yearly
Australia	65.60	Oct/18	65.5	65.8	60.1	%	Monthly
Italy	65.50	Sep/18	65.4	65.9	61.7	%	Monthly
Canada	65.20	Oct/18	65.4	67.7	61.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	64.20	Jun/18	63.9	67.1	61.7	%	Quarterly
South Korea	63.40	Oct/18	63.5	63.9	48.5	%	Monthly
Russia	63.20	Sep/18	63.4	70.3	62.5	%	Monthly
United States	62.90	Oct/18	62.7	67.3	58.1	%	Monthly
Japan	61.90	Sep/18	61.7	74	58.5	%	Monthly
Brazil	61.70	Sep/18	61.6	61.9	60.9	%	Monthly
Germany	60.90	Jun/18	61	61.7	56.9	%	Quarterly
Mexico	59.50	Sep/18	60	61.47	58.18	%	Monthly
South Africa	59.50	Sep/18	59.1	60.8	53.6	%	Quarterly
Spain	58.73	Sep/18	58.8	60.55	48.88	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	57.20	Jun/18	57	57.3	55	%	Quarterly
Saudi Arabia	56.20	Jun/18	55.5	56.5	47.8	%	Quarterly
Turkey	53.50	Aug/18	53.2	53.5	43.9	%	Monthly
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9	50.9	%	Yearly
Argentina	46.40	Jun/18	46.7	46.9	44.5	%	Quarterly