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Labour force participation in United States

2021 – 2024 · 4 data points section.updated Oct 21, 2026
economy · United States

section.source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 63.5% −0.1 pp section.change_since
First value · 2021 63.6%
vs section.levels.world +2.5 pp section.levels.world: 61.0% · 2025
Labour force participation, 2021 – 2024 percent · United States · section.levels.world
United States section.levels.world

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021 – 2024

section.compare Labour force participation · percent
United States
63.5%
section.levels.world
61.0% · 2025

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance United States · 2021 – 2024
Latest value 63.5% · 2024
First value 63.6% · 2021
Highest 63.6% · 2021
Lowest 63.5% · 2022
Data points 4

By year

section.all_years · 2021 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange section.levels.world
2024section.estimate 63.5% −0.1 pp 61.1%
2023section.estimate 63.5% +0.1 pp 61.2%
2022section.estimate 63.5% −0.1 pp 60.7%
2021section.estimate 63.6% 60.4%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021 – 2024

section.what

The share of adults who work or are looking for work.

section.how

Employed plus unemployed people aged 15 and over (16 in the US) divided by the population of that age.