Chart: Employment-to-population ratio, age 25–54, by gender, 1989–2014

Figure 5M

Employment-to-population ratio, age 25–54, by gender, 1989–2014

Month	Men	Women	All
1989/01/01	89.9%	70.5%	80.0%
1989/02/01	89.8%	70.4%	79.9%
1989/03/01	89.9%	70.2%	79.9%
1989/04/01	89.7%	70.3%	79.8%
1989/05/01	89.8%	70.1%	79.8%
1989/06/01	90.0%	70.1%	79.8%
1989/07/01	89.9%	70.0%	79.8%
1989/08/01	90.0%	70.2%	79.9%
1989/09/01	89.7%	70.7%	80.0%
1989/10/01	89.8%	70.5%	79.9%
1989/11/01	89.9%	70.8%	80.2%
1989/12/01	90.0%	70.7%	80.1%
1990/01/01	89.9%	70.9%	80.2%
1990/02/01	90.1%	70.8%	80.2%
1990/03/01	89.8%	70.8%	80.1%
1990/04/01	89.4%	70.7%	79.9%
1990/05/01	89.3%	70.8%	79.9%
1990/06/01	89.3%	70.6%	79.8%
1990/07/01	89.%	70.6%	79.6%
1990/08/01	88.9%	70.5%	79.5%
1990/09/01	88.7%	70.5%	79.4%
1990/10/01	88.6%	70.4%	79.4%
1990/11/01	88.5%	70.2%	79.2%
1990/12/01	88.1%	70.1%	79.%
1991/01/01	88.2%	69.9%	78.9%
1991/02/01	88.%	70.1%	78.9%
1991/03/01	87.7%	70.0%	78.7%
1991/04/01	87.9%	70.3%	79.%
1991/05/01	87.4%	70.1%	78.6%
1991/06/01	87.5%	70.2%	78.7%
1991/07/01	87.5%	70.1%	78.6%
1991/08/01	87.4%	70.0%	78.5%
1991/09/01	87.5%	70.1%	78.6%
1991/10/01	87.2%	70.0%	78.5%
1991/11/01	87.1%	70.0%	78.4%
1991/12/01	86.9%	69.9%	78.3%
1992/01/01	86.9%	70.1%	78.4%
1992/02/01	86.6%	70.0%	78.2%
1992/03/01	86.8%	70.0%	78.2%
1992/04/01	86.9%	70.2%	78.4%
1992/05/01	86.8%	70.3%	78.4%
1992/06/01	86.9%	70.3%	78.5%
1992/07/01	86.9%	70.2%	78.4%
1992/08/01	86.9%	70.2%	78.4%
1992/09/01	86.8%	70.1%	78.3%
1992/10/01	86.7%	70.0%	78.2%
1992/11/01	86.6%	70.1%	78.2%
1992/12/01	86.7%	69.9%	78.2%
1993/01/01	86.8%	69.9%	78.2%
1993/02/01	86.7%	69.9%	78.1%
1993/03/01	86.5%	70.3%	78.2%
1993/04/01	86.8%	69.9%	78.2%
1993/05/01	87.%	70.2%	78.5%
1993/06/01	87.1%	70.4%	78.6%
1993/07/01	87.1%	70.4%	78.6%
1993/08/01	87.2%	70.6%	78.8%
1993/09/01	87.1%	70.5%	78.6%
1993/10/01	87.1%	70.5%	78.7%
1993/11/01	87.5%	70.7%	79.%
1993/12/01	87.4%	71.%	79.%
1994/01/01	87.1%	71.%	78.9%
1994/02/01	86.8%	71.3%	78.9%
1994/03/01	87.%	71.1%	78.9%
1994/04/01	87.1%	71.2%	79.%
1994/05/01	87.3%	71.3%	79.2%
1994/06/01	87.%	70.9%	78.8%
1994/07/01	87.%	71.4%	79.1%
1994/08/01	87.%	71.7%	79.2%
1994/09/01	87.4%	72.1%	79.6%
1994/10/01	87.5%	71.9%	79.6%
1994/11/01	87.9%	72.%	79.8%
1994/12/01	88.%	71.8%	79.8%
1995/01/01	87.9%	71.8%	79.7%
1995/02/01	88.1%	72.2%	80.0%
1995/03/01	87.9%	72.1%	79.9%
1995/04/01	87.7%	72.2%	79.8%
1995/05/01	87.6%	72.1%	79.7%
1995/06/01	87.6%	71.7%	79.5%
1995/07/01	87.5%	72.2%	79.7%
1995/08/01	87.4%	72.1%	79.6%
1995/09/01	87.6%	72.3%	79.8%
1995/10/01	87.6%	72.3%	79.8%
1995/11/01	87.2%	72.6%	79.7%
1995/12/01	87.2%	72.4%	79.7%
1996/01/01	87.5%	72.4%	79.8%
1996/02/01	87.7%	72.4%	79.9%
1996/03/01	87.5%	72.6%	79.9%
1996/04/01	87.5%	72.6%	79.9%
1996/05/01	87.6%	72.5%	80.0%
1996/06/01	87.8%	72.7%	80.1%
1996/07/01	88.1%	72.9%	80.4%
1996/08/01	88.4%	73.%	80.5%
1996/09/01	88.1%	73.%	80.4%
1996/10/01	88.3%	73.1%	80.6%
1996/11/01	88.2%	73.%	80.5%
1996/12/01	88.3%	73.%	80.5%
1997/01/01	88.2%	73.2%	80.5%
1997/02/01	88.2%	72.9%	80.4%
1997/03/01	88.2%	73.3%	80.6%
1997/04/01	88.1%	73.5%	80.7%
1997/05/01	88.1%	73.3%	80.6%
1997/06/01	88.4%	73.6%	80.9%
1997/07/01	88.6%	73.9%	81.1%
1997/08/01	88.7%	74.1%	81.3%
1997/09/01	88.6%	73.9%	81.1%
1997/10/01	88.6%	73.8%	81.1%
1997/11/01	88.7%	73.6%	81.%
1997/12/01	88.6%	73.6%	81.%
1998/01/01	88.8%	73.4%	81.%
1998/02/01	88.9%	73.4%	81.%
1998/03/01	88.8%	73.5%	81.%
1998/04/01	88.9%	73.5%	81.1%
1998/05/01	88.8%	73.4%	81.%
1998/06/01	88.7%	73.6%	81.%
1998/07/01	88.7%	73.8%	81.1%
1998/08/01	88.8%	73.9%	81.2%
1998/09/01	88.8%	74.%	81.3%
1998/10/01	88.8%	73.7%	81.1%
1998/11/01	89.1%	73.7%	81.2%
1998/12/01	88.9%	74.%	81.3%
1999/01/01	89.7%	74.3%	81.8%
1999/02/01	89.2%	74.1%	81.5%
1999/03/01	89.2%	73.8%	81.3%
1999/04/01	89.1%	73.8%	81.3%
1999/05/01	88.9%	74.1%	81.4%
1999/06/01	88.8%	74.2%	81.4%
1999/07/01	88.8%	73.8%	81.2%
1999/08/01	88.7%	74.1%	81.3%
1999/09/01	88.6%	74.3%	81.3%
1999/10/01	88.7%	74.5%	81.5%
1999/11/01	89.%	74.5%	81.6%
1999/12/01	89.%	74.3%	81.5%
2000/01/01	89.5%	74.4%	81.8%
2000/02/01	89.4%	74.5%	81.8%
2000/03/01	89.3%	74.5%	81.7%
2000/04/01	89.2%	74.9%	81.9%
2000/05/01	89.%	74.4%	81.5%
2000/06/01	89.1%	74.2%	81.5%
2000/07/01	88.9%	73.9%	81.3%
2000/08/01	88.9%	73.6%	81.1%
2000/09/01	88.6%	73.9%	81.1%
2000/10/01	88.6%	73.9%	81.1%
2000/11/01	88.8%	74.1%	81.3%
2000/12/01	88.9%	74.1%	81.4%
2001/01/01	88.9%	74.2%	81.4%
2001/02/01	88.8%	74.2%	81.3%
2001/03/01	88.5%	74.3%	81.3%
2001/04/01	88.3%	73.7%	80.9%
2001/05/01	88.3%	73.7%	80.8%
2001/06/01	88.1%	73.4%	80.6%
2001/07/01	87.9%	73.4%	80.5%
2001/08/01	87.6%	73.2%	80.2%
2001/09/01	87.6%	73.1%	80.2%
2001/10/01	87.4%	72.7%	79.9%
2001/11/01	87.%	72.6%	79.7%
2001/12/01	87.1%	72.6%	79.8%
2002/01/01	86.8%	72.5%	79.6%
2002/02/01	87.1%	72.7%	79.8%
2002/03/01	87.%	72.5%	79.6%
2002/04/01	86.8%	72.5%	79.5%
2002/05/01	86.9%	72.2%	79.4%
2002/06/01	86.5%	72.1%	79.2%
2002/07/01	86.5%	71.9%	79.1%
2002/08/01	86.8%	72.1%	79.3%
2002/09/01	86.8%	72.2%	79.4%
2002/10/01	86.6%	72.1%	79.2%
2002/11/01	85.9%	71.9%	78.8%
2002/12/01	86.%	72.2%	79.%
2003/01/01	85.6%	72.4%	78.9%
2003/02/01	85.9%	72.1%	78.9%
2003/03/01	85.8%	72.4%	79.%
2003/04/01	85.9%	72.4%	79.1%
2003/05/01	85.7%	72.2%	78.9%
2003/06/01	85.8%	72.3%	78.9%
2003/07/01	85.8%	71.9%	78.8%
2003/08/01	85.7%	72.%	78.7%
2003/09/01	85.9%	71.6%	78.6%
2003/10/01	85.9%	71.6%	78.6%
2003/11/01	86.%	71.7%	78.7%
2003/12/01	86.4%	71.4%	78.8%
2004/01/01	86.4%	71.6%	78.9%
2004/02/01	86.2%	71.7%	78.8%
2004/03/01	86.%	71.8%	78.7%
2004/04/01	86.2%	71.8%	78.9%
2004/05/01	86.3%	71.9%	79.%
2004/06/01	86.5%	71.9%	79.1%
2004/07/01	86.7%	71.9%	79.2%
2004/08/01	86.5%	71.8%	79.%
2004/09/01	86.4%	71.9%	79.%
2004/10/01	86.3%	71.9%	79.%
2004/11/01	86.5%	72.%	79.1%
2004/12/01	86.2%	71.8%	78.9%
2005/01/01	86.5%	72.%	79.2%
2005/02/01	86.7%	71.9%	79.2%
2005/03/01	86.8%	71.8%	79.2%
2005/04/01	87.%	72.%	79.4%
2005/05/01	87.1%	72.1%	79.5%
2005/06/01	87.%	71.7%	79.2%
2005/07/01	87.%	71.9%	79.4%
2005/08/01	87.4%	72.1%	79.6%
2005/09/01	87.%	72.1%	79.4%
2005/10/01	87.%	71.9%	79.3%
2005/11/01	86.8%	71.9%	79.2%
2005/12/01	86.7%	72.1%	79.3%
2006/01/01	87.2%	72.2%	79.6%
2006/02/01	87.1%	72.4%	79.7%
2006/03/01	87.4%	72.3%	79.8%
2006/04/01	87.2%	72.1%	79.6%
2006/05/01	87.2%	72.3%	79.7%
2006/06/01	87.2%	72.5%	79.8%
2006/07/01	87.1%	72.7%	79.8%
2006/08/01	87.1%	72.6%	79.8%
2006/09/01	87.4%	72.5%	79.9%
2006/10/01	87.4%	72.9%	80.1%
2006/11/01	87.5%	72.7%	80.0%
2006/12/01	87.7%	72.7%	80.1%
2007/01/01	88.%	72.8%	80.3%
2007/02/01	87.9%	72.6%	80.1%
2007/03/01	88.%	72.7%	80.2%
2007/04/01	87.9%	72.2%	80.0%
2007/05/01	87.7%	72.5%	80.0%
2007/06/01	87.5%	72.5%	79.9%
2007/07/01	87.3%	72.4%	79.8%
2007/08/01	87.2%	72.6%	79.8%
2007/09/01	87.1%	72.5%	79.7%
2007/10/01	86.9%	72.4%	79.6%
2007/11/01	87.2%	72.5%	79.7%
2007/12/01	87.2%	72.4%	79.7%
2008/01/01	87.4%	72.7%	80.0%
2008/02/01	87.4%	72.6%	79.9%
2008/03/01	87.1%	72.6%	79.8%
2008/04/01	86.7%	72.7%	79.6%
2008/05/01	86.5%	72.6%	79.5%
2008/06/01	86.3%	72.6%	79.4%
2008/07/01	86.2%	72.4%	79.2%
2008/08/01	85.8%	72.1%	78.8%
2008/09/01	85.4%	72.3%	78.8%
2008/10/01	85.2%	71.9%	78.4%
2008/11/01	84.7%	71.7%	78.1%
2008/12/01	83.7%	71.6%	77.6%
2009/01/01	83.1%	71.1%	77.%
2009/02/01	82.5%	71.%	76.7%
2009/03/01	82.%	70.6%	76.2%
2009/04/01	81.8%	70.7%	76.2%
2009/05/01	81.5%	70.4%	75.9%
2009/06/01	81.5%	70.4%	75.9%
2009/07/01	81.3%	70.4%	75.8%
2009/08/01	81.2%	70.0%	75.6%
2009/09/01	80.8%	69.5%	75.1%
2009/10/01	80.8%	69.4%	75.%
2009/11/01	80.7%	69.8%	75.2%
2009/12/01	80.4%	69.2%	74.8%
2010/01/01	80.7%	69.8%	75.2%
2010/02/01	80.6%	69.8%	75.1%
2010/03/01	80.8%	69.5%	75.1%
2010/04/01	81.3%	69.6%	75.4%
2010/05/01	81.1%	69.3%	75.1%
2010/06/01	81.1%	69.5%	75.2%
2010/07/01	81.1%	69.1%	75.%
2010/08/01	81.2%	69.%	75.%
2010/09/01	81.2%	69.%	75.%
2010/10/01	81.2%	69.%	75.%
2010/11/01	80.6%	69.1%	74.8%
2010/12/01	80.8%	69.4%	75.%
2011/01/01	81.2%	69.3%	75.2%
2011/02/01	81.5%	69.%	75.2%
2011/03/01	81.5%	69.3%	75.3%
2011/04/01	81.2%	69.1%	75.1%
2011/05/01	81.6%	68.9%	75.2%
2011/06/01	81.3%	68.8%	75.%
2011/07/01	81.2%	69.%	75.%
2011/08/01	81.4%	68.9%	75.1%
2011/09/01	81.3%	68.7%	74.9%
2011/10/01	81.1%	68.9%	74.9%
2011/11/01	81.9%	68.8%	75.3%
2011/12/01	82.%	68.9%	75.4%
2012/01/01	82.5%	68.9%	75.6%
2012/02/01	82.5%	69.%	75.6%
2012/03/01	82.6%	69.2%	75.8%
2012/04/01	82.5%	69.1%	75.7%
2012/05/01	82.5%	69.2%	75.7%
2012/06/01	82.5%	69.%	75.7%
2012/07/01	82.4%	69.%	75.6%
2012/08/01	82.4%	69.2%	75.7%
2012/09/01	82.7%	69.4%	75.9%
2012/10/01	82.8%	69.5%	76.%
2012/11/01	82.4%	69.4%	75.7%
2012/12/01	82.7%	69.3%	75.9%
2013/01/01	82.8%	68.9%	75.7%
2013/02/01	82.9%	69.2%	75.9%
2013/03/01	83.%	69.1%	75.9%
2013/04/01	82.9%	69.2%	75.9%
2013/05/01	82.9%	69.4%	76.%
2013/06/01	83.%	69.1%	75.9%
2013/07/01	82.8%	69.3%	76.%
2013/08/01	82.5%	69.5%	75.9%
2013/09/12	82.6%	69.5%	75.9%
2013/10/12	82.3%	69.%	75.5%
2013/11/12	82.8%	69.4%	76.%
2013/12/12	82.9%	69.5%	76.1%
2014/01/12	83.3%	69.9%	76.5%
2014/02/12	83.2%	70.2%	76.5%
2014/03/12	83.7%	69.9%	76.7%
2014/04/12	83.3%	69.8%	76.5%
2014/05/12	83.2%	69.8%	76.4%
2014/06/12	83.7%	70.0%	76.7%
2014/07/12	83.7%	69.7%	76.6%

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Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey public data series

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