Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): United States
The latest reading SOTW holds for United States is 71.95% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.TOTAL.RT.Q · USA
Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.
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- Latest
- 71.95
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
- Previous
- 71.77
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Earliest held
- 74.24
- % of population in subgroup · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 106
- Every reading SOTW holds
United States · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | 71.95 |
| 2026-Q2 | 71.77 |
| 2026-Q1 | 71.77 |
| 2025-Q3 | 71.67 |
| 2025-Q2 | 71.82 |
| 2025-Q1 | 71.86 |
| 2024-Q4 | 71.79 |
| 2024-Q3 | 71.82 |
| 2024-Q2 | 71.88 |
| 2024-Q1 | 71.95 |
| 2023-Q4 | 72.06 |
| 2023-Q3 | 72.01 |
| 2023-Q2 | 71.93 |
| 2023-Q1 | 71.81 |
| 2022-Q4 | 71.50 |
| 2022-Q3 | 71.38 |
| 2022-Q2 | 71.22 |
| 2022-Q1 | 70.99 |
| 2021-Q4 | 70.61 |
| 2021-Q3 | 69.76 |
| 2021-Q2 | 68.93 |
| 2021-Q1 | 68.36 |
| 2020-Q4 | 67.98 |
| 2020-Q3 | 66.33 |
| 2020-Q2 | 62.56 |
| 2020-Q1 | 71.42 |
| 2019-Q4 | 71.68 |
| 2019-Q3 | 71.47 |
| 2019-Q2 | 71.22 |
| 2019-Q1 | 71.09 |
| 2018-Q4 | 70.92 |
| 2018-Q3 | 70.71 |
| 2018-Q2 | 70.71 |
| 2018-Q1 | 70.56 |
| 2017-Q4 | 70.29 |
| 2017-Q3 | 70.23 |
| 2017-Q2 | 70.07 |
| 2017-Q1 | 69.81 |
| 2016-Q4 | 69.55 |
| 2016-Q3 | 69.40 |
| 2016-Q2 | 69.24 |
| 2016-Q1 | 69.23 |
| 2015-Q4 | 68.88 |
| 2015-Q3 | 68.76 |
| 2015-Q2 | 68.72 |
| 2015-Q1 | 68.52 |
| 2014-Q4 | 68.52 |
| 2014-Q3 | 68.29 |
| 2014-Q2 | 68.05 |
| 2014-Q1 | 67.75 |
| 2013-Q4 | 67.41 |
| 2013-Q3 | 67.48 |
| 2013-Q2 | 67.36 |
| 2013-Q1 | 67.24 |
| 2012-Q4 | 67.39 |
| 2012-Q3 | 67.11 |
| 2012-Q2 | 67.08 |
| 2012-Q1 | 66.98 |
| 2011-Q4 | 66.83 |
| 2011-Q3 | 66.57 |
| 2011-Q2 | 66.54 |
| 2011-Q1 | 66.63 |
| 2010-Q4 | 66.56 |
| 2010-Q3 | 66.72 |
| 2010-Q2 | 66.81 |
| 2010-Q1 | 66.63 |
| 2009-Q4 | 66.75 |
| 2009-Q3 | 67.33 |
| 2009-Q2 | 67.88 |
| 2009-Q1 | 68.57 |
| 2008-Q4 | 70.04 |
| 2008-Q3 | 70.77 |
| 2008-Q2 | 71.26 |
| 2008-Q1 | 71.53 |
| 2007-Q4 | 71.60 |
| 2007-Q3 | 71.67 |
| 2007-Q2 | 71.82 |
| 2007-Q1 | 72.10 |
| 2006-Q4 | 72.18 |
| 2006-Q3 | 71.99 |
| 2006-Q2 | 71.96 |
| 2006-Q1 | 71.86 |
| 2005-Q4 | 71.59 |
| 2005-Q3 | 71.67 |
| 2005-Q2 | 71.52 |
| 2005-Q1 | 71.32 |
| 2004-Q4 | 71.29 |
| 2004-Q3 | 71.25 |
| 2004-Q2 | 71.11 |
| 2004-Q1 | 71.20 |
| 2003-Q4 | 71.18 |
| 2003-Q3 | 71.03 |
| 2003-Q2 | 71.20 |
| 2003-Q1 | 71.46 |
| 2002-Q4 | 71.73 |
| 2002-Q3 | 71.98 |
| 2002-Q2 | 71.93 |
| 2002-Q1 | 72.07 |
| 2001-Q4 | 72.38 |
| 2001-Q3 | 72.94 |
| 2001-Q2 | 73.35 |
| 2001-Q1 | 73.85 |
| 2000-Q4 | 73.97 |
| 2000-Q3 | 73.96 |
| 2000-Q2 | 74.25 |
| 2000-Q1 | 74.24 |
Source: OECD. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.