Employment-to-population ratio of workers ages 25–54, by gender, 1989–2025

Date Men Women
Jan-1989 89.9% 70.5%
Feb-1989 89.8% 70.4%
Mar-1989 89.9% 70.2%
Apr-1989 89.7% 70.3%
May-1989 89.8% 70.1%
Jun-1989 90.0% 70.1%
Jul-1989 89.9% 70.0%
Aug-1989 90.0% 70.2%
Sep-1989 89.7% 70.7%
Oct-1989 89.8% 70.5%
Nov-1989 89.9% 70.8%
Dec-1989 90.0% 70.7%
Jan-1990 89.9% 70.9%
Feb-1990 90.1% 70.8%
Mar-1990 89.8% 70.8%
Apr-1990 89.4% 70.7%
May-1990 89.3% 70.8%
Jun-1990 89.3% 70.6%
Jul-1990 89.0% 70.6%
Aug-1990 88.9% 70.5%
Sep-1990 88.7% 70.5%
Oct-1990 88.6% 70.4%
Nov-1990 88.5% 70.2%
Dec-1990 88.1% 70.1%
Jan-1991 88.2% 69.9%
Feb-1991 88.0% 70.1%
Mar-1991 87.7% 70.0%
Apr-1991 87.9% 70.3%
May-1991 87.4% 70.1%
Jun-1991 87.5% 70.2%
Jul-1991 87.5% 70.1%
Aug-1991 87.4% 70.0%
Sep-1991 87.5% 70.1%
Oct-1991 87.2% 70.0%
Nov-1991 87.1% 70.0%
Dec-1991 86.9% 69.9%
Jan-1992 86.9% 70.1%
Feb-1992 86.6% 70.0%
Mar-1992 86.8% 70.0%
Apr-1992 86.9% 70.2%
May-1992 86.8% 70.3%
Jun-1992 86.9% 70.3%
Jul-1992 86.9% 70.2%
Aug-1992 86.9% 70.2%
Sep-1992 86.8% 70.1%
Oct-1992 86.7% 70.0%
Nov-1992 86.6% 70.1%
Dec-1992 86.7% 69.9%
Jan-1993 86.8% 69.9%
Feb-1993 86.7% 69.9%
Mar-1993 86.5% 70.3%
Apr-1993 86.8% 69.9%
May-1993 87.0% 70.2%
Jun-1993 87.1% 70.4%
Jul-1993 87.1% 70.4%
Aug-1993 87.2% 70.6%
Sep-1993 87.1% 70.5%
Oct-1993 87.1% 70.5%
Nov-1993 87.5% 70.7%
Dec-1993 87.4% 71.0%
Jan-1994 87.1% 71.0%
Feb-1994 86.8% 71.3%
Mar-1994 87.0% 71.1%
Apr-1994 87.1% 71.2%
May-1994 87.3% 71.3%
Jun-1994 87.0% 70.9%
Jul-1994 87.0% 71.4%
Aug-1994 87.0% 71.7%
Sep-1994 87.4% 72.1%
Oct-1994 87.5% 71.9%
Nov-1994 87.9% 72.0%
Dec-1994 88.0% 71.8%
Jan-1995 87.9% 71.8%
Feb-1995 88.1% 72.2%
Mar-1995 87.9% 72.1%
Apr-1995 87.7% 72.2%
May-1995 87.6% 72.1%
Jun-1995 87.6% 71.7%
Jul-1995 87.5% 72.2%
Aug-1995 87.4% 72.1%
Sep-1995 87.6% 72.3%
Oct-1995 87.6% 72.3%
Nov-1995 87.2% 72.6%
Dec-1995 87.2% 72.4%
Jan-1996 87.5% 72.4%
Feb-1996 87.7% 72.4%
Mar-1996 87.5% 72.6%
Apr-1996 87.5% 72.6%
May-1996 87.6% 72.5%
Jun-1996 87.8% 72.7%
Jul-1996 88.1% 72.9%
Aug-1996 88.4% 73.0%
Sep-1996 88.1% 73.0%
Oct-1996 88.3% 73.1%
Nov-1996 88.2% 73.0%
Dec-1996 88.3% 73.0%
Jan-1997 88.2% 73.2%
Feb-1997 88.2% 72.9%
Mar-1997 88.2% 73.3%
Apr-1997 88.1% 73.5%
May-1997 88.1% 73.3%
Jun-1997 88.4% 73.6%
Jul-1997 88.6% 73.9%
Aug-1997 88.7% 74.1%
Sep-1997 88.6% 73.9%
Oct-1997 88.6% 73.8%
Nov-1997 88.7% 73.6%
Dec-1997 88.6% 73.6%
Jan-1998 88.8% 73.4%
Feb-1998 88.9% 73.4%
Mar-1998 88.8% 73.5%
Apr-1998 88.9% 73.5%
May-1998 88.8% 73.4%
Jun-1998 88.7% 73.6%
Jul-1998 88.7% 73.8%
Aug-1998 88.8% 73.9%
Sep-1998 88.8% 74.0%
Oct-1998 88.8% 73.7%
Nov-1998 89.1% 73.7%
Dec-1998 88.9% 74.0%
Jan-1999 89.7% 74.3%
Feb-1999 89.2% 74.1%
Mar-1999 89.2% 73.8%
Apr-1999 89.1% 73.8%
May-1999 88.9% 74.1%
Jun-1999 88.8% 74.2%
Jul-1999 88.8% 73.8%
Aug-1999 88.7% 74.1%
Sep-1999 88.6% 74.3%
Oct-1999 88.7% 74.5%
Nov-1999 89.0% 74.5%
Dec-1999 89.0% 74.3%
Jan-2000 89.5% 74.4%
Feb-2000 89.4% 74.5%
Mar-2000 89.3% 74.5%
Apr-2000 89.2% 74.9%
May-2000 89.0% 74.4%
Jun-2000 89.1% 74.2%
Jul-2000 88.9% 73.9%
Aug-2000 88.9% 73.6%
Sep-2000 88.6% 73.9%
Oct-2000 88.6% 73.9%
Nov-2000 88.8% 74.1%
Dec-2000 88.9% 74.1%
Jan-2001 88.9% 74.2%
Feb-2001 88.8% 74.2%
Mar-2001 88.5% 74.3%
Apr-2001 88.3% 73.7%
May-2001 88.3% 73.7%
Jun-2001 88.1% 73.4%
Jul-2001 87.9% 73.4%
Aug-2001 87.6% 73.2%
Sep-2001 87.6% 73.1%
Oct-2001 87.4% 72.7%
Nov-2001 87.0% 72.6%
Dec-2001 87.1% 72.6%
Jan-2002 86.8% 72.5%
Feb-2002 87.1% 72.7%
Mar-2002 87.0% 72.5%
Apr-2002 86.8% 72.5%
May-2002 86.9% 72.2%
Jun-2002 86.5% 72.1%
Jul-2002 86.5% 71.9%
Aug-2002 86.8% 72.1%
Sep-2002 86.8% 72.2%
Oct-2002 86.6% 72.1%
Nov-2002 85.9% 71.9%
Dec-2002 86.0% 72.2%
Jan-2003 85.6% 72.4%
Feb-2003 85.9% 72.1%
Mar-2003 85.8% 72.4%
Apr-2003 85.9% 72.4%
May-2003 85.7% 72.2%
Jun-2003 85.8% 72.3%
Jul-2003 85.8% 71.9%
Aug-2003 85.7% 72.0%
Sep-2003 85.9% 71.6%
Oct-2003 85.9% 71.6%
Nov-2003 86.0% 71.7%
Dec-2003 86.4% 71.4%
Jan-2004 86.4% 71.6%
Feb-2004 86.2% 71.7%
Mar-2004 86.0% 71.8%
Apr-2004 86.2% 71.8%
May-2004 86.3% 71.9%
Jun-2004 86.5% 71.9%
Jul-2004 86.7% 71.9%
Aug-2004 86.5% 71.8%
Sep-2004 86.4% 71.9%
Oct-2004 86.3% 71.9%
Nov-2004 86.5% 72.0%
Dec-2004 86.2% 71.8%
Jan-2005 86.5% 72.0%
Feb-2005 86.7% 71.9%
Mar-2005 86.8% 71.8%
Apr-2005 87.0% 72.0%
May-2005 87.1% 72.1%
Jun-2005 87.0% 71.7%
Jul-2005 87.0% 71.9%
Aug-2005 87.4% 72.1%
Sep-2005 87.0% 72.1%
Oct-2005 87.0% 71.9%
Nov-2005 86.8% 71.9%
Dec-2005 86.7% 72.1%
Jan-2006 87.2% 72.2%
Feb-2006 87.1% 72.4%
Mar-2006 87.4% 72.3%
Apr-2006 87.2% 72.1%
May-2006 87.2% 72.3%
Jun-2006 87.2% 72.5%
Jul-2006 87.1% 72.7%
Aug-2006 87.1% 72.6%
Sep-2006 87.4% 72.5%
Oct-2006 87.4% 72.9%
Nov-2006 87.5% 72.7%
Dec-2006 87.7% 72.7%
Jan-2007 88.0% 72.8%
Feb-2007 87.9% 72.6%
Mar-2007 88% 72.7%
Apr-2007 87.9% 72.2%
May-2007 87.7% 72.5%
Jun-2007 87.5% 72.5%
Jul-2007 87.3% 72.4%
Aug-2007 87.2% 72.6%
Sep-2007 87.1% 72.5%
Oct-2007 86.9% 72.4%
Nov-2007 87.2% 72.5%
Dec-2007 87.2% 72.4%
Jan-2008 87.4% 72.7%
Feb-2008 87.4% 72.6%
Mar-2008 87.1% 72.6%
Apr-2008 86.7% 72.7%
May-2008 86.5% 72.6%
Jun-2008 86.3% 72.6%
Jul-2008 86.2% 72.4%
Aug-2008 85.8% 72.1%
Sep-2008 85.4% 72.3%
Oct-2008 85.2% 71.9%
Nov-2008 84.7% 71.7%
Dec-2008 83.7% 71.6%
Jan-2009 83.1% 71.1%
Feb-2009 82.5% 71.0%
Mar-2009 82.0% 70.6%
Apr-2009 81.8% 70.7%
May-2009 81.5% 70.4%
Jun-2009 81.5% 70.4%
Jul-2009 81.3% 70.4%
Aug-2009 81.2% 70.0%
Sep-2009 80.8% 69.5%
Oct-2009 80.8% 69.4%
Nov-2009 80.7% 69.8%
Dec-2009 80.4% 69.2%
Jan-2010 80.7% 69.8%
Feb-2010 80.6% 69.7%
Mar-2010 80.8% 69.5%
Apr-2010 81.3% 69.6%
May-2010 81.1% 69.3%
Jun-2010 81.1% 69.5%
Jul-2010 81.1% 69.1%
Aug-2010 81.2% 69.0%
Sep-2010 81.2% 69.1%
Oct-2010 81.1% 69.0%
Nov-2010 80.7% 69.1%
Dec-2010 80.8% 69.4%
Jan-2011 81.2% 69.3%
Feb-2011 81.4% 69.0%
Mar-2011 81.4% 69.3%
Apr-2011 81.2% 69.1%
May-2011 81.6% 68.9%
Jun-2011 81.3% 68.8%
Jul-2011 81.1% 69.0%
Aug-2011 81.4% 68.9%
Sep-2011 81.3% 68.7%
Oct-2011 81.1% 68.9%
Nov-2011 81.9% 68.8%
Dec-2011 82.1% 68.9%
Jan-2012 82.5% 68.9%
Feb-2012 82.4% 68.9%
Mar-2012 82.5% 69.2%
Apr-2012 82.5% 69.1%
May-2012 82.5% 69.2%
Jun-2012 82.6% 69.0%
Jul-2012 82.4% 69.1%
Aug-2012 82.4% 69.2%
Sep-2012 82.7% 69.5%
Oct-2012 82.9% 69.6%
Nov-2012 82.5% 69.4%
Dec-2012 82.8% 69.4%
Jan-2013 82.6% 68.9%
Feb-2013 82.8% 69.0%
Mar-2013 82.8% 69.0%
Apr-2013 82.8% 69.1%
May-2013 83.0% 69.3%
Jun-2013 82.9% 69.2%
Jul-2013 82.9% 69.4%
Aug-2013 82.6% 69.6%
Sep-2013 82.6% 69.6%
Oct-2013 82.4% 69.0%
Nov-2013 83.0% 69.3%
Dec-2013 83.0% 69.5%
Jan-2014 83.2% 69.8%
Feb-2014 83.0% 70.1%
Mar-2014 83.5% 69.8%
Apr-2014 83.2% 69.9%
May-2014 83.3% 69.8%
Jun-2014 83.8% 70.2%
Jul-2014 83.8% 69.8%
Aug-2014 83.9% 70.1%
Sep-2014 84.1% 69.8%
Oct-2014 84.0% 70.1%
Nov-2014 83.9% 70.3%
Dec-2014 84.2% 70.3%
Jan-2015 84.3% 70.2%
Feb-2015 84.3% 70.3%
Mar-2015 84.5% 70.0%
Apr-2015 84.4% 70.2%
May-2015 84.3% 70.4%
Jun-2015 84.5% 70.5%
Jul-2015 84.4% 70.1%
Aug-2015 84.6% 70.2%
Sep-2015 84.6% 70.2%
Oct-2015 84.4% 70.3%
Nov-2015 84.4% 70.7%
Dec-2015 84.5% 70.6%
Jan-2016 84.9% 70.7%
Feb-2016 84.9% 70.8%
Mar-2016 85.2% 70.9%
Apr-2016 84.8% 70.9%
May-2016 84.9% 71.0%
Jun-2016 85.1% 71.0%
Jul-2016 84.9% 71.4%
Aug-2016 84.9% 71.1%
Sep-2016 84.9% 71.4%
Oct-2016 85.0% 71.5%
Nov-2016 85.0% 71.4%
Dec-2016 85.0% 71.4%
Jan-2017 85.3% 71.3%
Feb-2017 85.2% 71.7%
Mar-2017 85.2% 72.0%
Apr-2017 85.5% 72.0%
May-2017 85.3% 72.0%
Jun-2017 85.4% 72.1%
Jul-2017 85.3% 72.4%
Aug-2017 85.0% 72.1%
Sep-2017 85.6% 72.5%
Oct-2017 85.6% 72.1%
Nov-2017 85.5% 72.5%
Dec-2017 86.0% 72.2%
Jan-2018 86.0% 72.1%
Feb-2018 86.4% 72.4%
Mar-2018 86.2% 72.4%
Apr-2018 86.3% 72.3%
May-2018 86.4% 72.5%
Jun-2018 86.1% 72.8%
Jul-2018 86.2% 73.1%
Aug-2018 86.0% 72.8%
Sep-2018 85.9% 73.0%
Oct-2018 86.1% 73.4%
Nov-2018 86.2% 73.1%
Dec-2018 86.0% 73.3%
Jan-2019 86.5% 73.3%
Feb-2019 86.5% 73.4%
Mar-2019 86.7% 73.1%
Apr-2019 86.4% 73.2%
May-2019 86.3% 73.3%
Jun-2019 86.2% 73.5%
Jul-2019 86.2% 73.1%
Aug-2019 86.2% 73.9%
Sep-2019 86.4% 74.2%
Oct-2019 86.5% 74.3%
Nov-2019 86.7% 74.2%
Dec-2019 86.5% 74.5%
Jan-2020 86.7% 74.6%
Feb-2020 86.4% 74.6%
Mar-2020 85.7% 73.4%
Apr-2020 75.9% 63.4%
May-2020 78.0% 64.9%
Jun-2020 79.5% 67.6%
Jul-2020 79.8% 68.0%
Aug-2020 81.5% 69.1%
Sep-2020 81.5% 68.9%
Oct-2020 82.2% 70.1%
Nov-2020 82.0% 70.3%
Dec-2020 82.4% 70.5%
Jan-2021 82.6% 70.4%
Feb-2021 82.6% 70.7%
Mar-2021 82.6% 71.1%
Apr-2021 82.8% 71.1%
May-2021 83.0% 71.3%
Jun-2021 83.1% 71.3%
Jul-2021 83.8% 71.9%
Aug-2021 84.0% 71.9%
Sep-2021 84.2% 72.0%
Oct-2021 84.7% 72.3%
Nov-2021 85.0% 73.0%
Dec-2021 85.2% 73.4%
Jan-2022 85.1% 73.4%
Feb-2022 85.8% 73.2%
Mar-2022 85.8% 74.2%
Apr-2022 85.9% 73.9%
May-2022 86.0% 74.1%
Jun-2022 85.8% 73.9%
Jul-2022 85.8% 74.1%
Aug-2022 85.9% 74.7%
Sep-2022 86.1% 74.4%
Oct-2022 85.9% 74.0%
Nov-2022 85.8% 73.9%
Dec-2022 86.3% 74.2%
Jan-2023 85.9% 74.7%
Feb-2023 86.2% 74.8%
Mar-2023 86.3% 75.0%
Apr-2023 86.3% 75.1%
May-2023 86.4% 75.1%
Jun-2023 86.4% 75.3%
Jul-2023 86.5% 75.3%
Aug-2023 86.4% 75.3%
Sep-2023 86.4% 75.3%
Oct-2023 86.0% 75.3%
Nov-2023 86.3% 75.2%
Dec-2023 86.2% 74.8%
Jan-2024 86.2% 75.0%
Feb-2024 86.3% 75.2%
Mar-2024 86.3% 75.1%
Apr-2024 86.1% 75.5%
May-2024 86.0% 75.7%
Jun-2024 86.5% 75.1%
Jul-2024 86.6% 75.3%
Aug-2024 86.3% 75.6%
Sep-2024 86.4% 75.5%
Oct-2024 86.3% 74.9%
Nov-2024 86.1% 74.8%
Dec-2024 86.1% 75.0%
Jan-2025 86.4% 75.1%
Feb-2025 86.1% 75.1%
Mar-2025 86.0% 74.9%

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey public data.

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