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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country estimate

Labour force participation in United States

2021 – 2024 · 4 data points Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · United States

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 since 2023
First value · 2021 63.6%
vs World +2.5 pp World: 61.0% · 2025
Labour force participation, 2021 – 2024 percent · United States · World
United States World

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

Compared with Labour force participation · percent
United States
63.5%
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

All years · 2021 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange World
2024estimate 63.5% −0.1 pp 61.1%
2023estimate 63.5% +0.1 pp 61.2%
2022estimate 63.5% −0.1 pp 60.7%
2021estimate 63.6% 60.4%

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

What it means

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

How it is calculated

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