United States Labor Force Participation Rate 1950-2018 | Data | Chart

Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States decreased to 62.90 percent in March from 63 percent in February of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States averaged 63 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.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-02-02	01:30 PM	Participation Rate	62.7%	62.7%	62.8%	62.7%
2018-03-09	01:30 PM	Participation Rate	63%	62.7%	62.5%	62.70%
2018-04-06	12:30 PM	Participation Rate	62.9%	63%	63.5%	62.8%
2018-05-04	12:30 PM	Participation Rate		62.9%		62.9%
2018-06-01	12:30 PM	Participation Rate				62.9%
2018-07-06	12:30 PM	Participation Rate				62.9%

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.10	4.10	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	103.00	326.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	102.00	320.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	1.00	6.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	22.00	32.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	232.00	233.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1863.00	1878.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	241.00	246.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	155178.00	155215.00	155215.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6585.00	6706.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.30	0.10	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	63.00	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.82	0.86	2.80	0.82	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.50	9.00	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	108.93	108.40	109.07	17.12	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	108.77	108.80	108.80	27.60	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	5893.00	6252.00	6502.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6052.00	6228.00	6231.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	60357.00	35369.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.42	22.38	22.42	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.47	4.73	13.77	-5.77	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.35	21.31	21.35	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.60	0.70	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	60.40	60.40	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	127434.00	127745.00	127745.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	27858.00	27548.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2240.00	2150.00	2240.00	2120.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1540.00	1460.00	1540.00	1420.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4290.00	4120.00	4320.00	3640.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2090.00	1830.00	2100.00	1650.00	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 April of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	62.90	63.00	67.30	58.10	1950 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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labor force participation rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
United Kingdom	78.80	Jan/18	78.8	78.8	74.1	%	Monthly
France	72.00	Dec/17	71.9	72	69.5	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	69.02	Dec/17	68.06	69.21	57.14	%	Yearly
Switzerland	68.60	Dec/17	68.6	68.8	66.8	%	Quarterly
Australia	65.50	Mar/18	65.6	65.8	60.1	%	Monthly
Canada	65.50	Mar/18	65.5	67.7	61.4	%	Monthly
Italy	65.30	Feb/18	65.4	65.5	61.7	%	Monthly
Netherlands	64.00	Dec/17	64.2	67.1	61.7	%	Quarterly
South Korea	63.10	Mar/18	62	63.8	48.5	%	Monthly
United States	62.90	Mar/18	63	67.3	58.1	%	Monthly
Russia	62.50	Feb/18	62.6	70.3	62.5	%	Monthly
Germany	61.70	Jan/18	61.5	61.7	56.9	%	Quarterly
Brazil	61.60	Feb/18	61.7	61.9	60.9	%	Monthly
Japan	60.80	Feb/18	60.5	74	58.5	%	Monthly
Mexico	59.20	Feb/18	59	61.47	58.18	%	Monthly
Spain	58.80	Dec/17	58.92	60.55	48.88	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	57.30	Dec/17	57.3	57.3	55	%	Quarterly
Turkey	53.20	Jan/18	52.4	53.2	43.9	%	Monthly
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9	50.9	%	Yearly