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

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:25:59.943Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): United States: 106 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of population in subgroup)
2026-Q371.95
2026-Q271.77
2026-Q171.77
2025-Q371.67
2025-Q271.82
2025-Q171.86
2024-Q471.79
2024-Q371.82
2024-Q271.88
2024-Q171.95
2023-Q472.06
2023-Q372.01
2023-Q271.93
2023-Q171.81
2022-Q471.50
2022-Q371.38
2022-Q271.22
2022-Q170.99
2021-Q470.61
2021-Q369.76
2021-Q268.93
2021-Q168.36
2020-Q467.98
2020-Q366.33
2020-Q262.56
2020-Q171.42
2019-Q471.68
2019-Q371.47
2019-Q271.22
2019-Q171.09
2018-Q470.92
2018-Q370.71
2018-Q270.71
2018-Q170.56
2017-Q470.29
2017-Q370.23
2017-Q270.07
2017-Q169.81
2016-Q469.55
2016-Q369.40
2016-Q269.24
2016-Q169.23
2015-Q468.88
2015-Q368.76
2015-Q268.72
2015-Q168.52
2014-Q468.52
2014-Q368.29
2014-Q268.05
2014-Q167.75
2013-Q467.41
2013-Q367.48
2013-Q267.36
2013-Q167.24
2012-Q467.39
2012-Q367.11
2012-Q267.08
2012-Q166.98
2011-Q466.83
2011-Q366.57
2011-Q266.54
2011-Q166.63
2010-Q466.56
2010-Q366.72
2010-Q266.81
2010-Q166.63
2009-Q466.75
2009-Q367.33
2009-Q267.88
2009-Q168.57
2008-Q470.04
2008-Q370.77
2008-Q271.26
2008-Q171.53
2007-Q471.60
2007-Q371.67
2007-Q271.82
2007-Q172.10
2006-Q472.18
2006-Q371.99
2006-Q271.96
2006-Q171.86
2005-Q471.59
2005-Q371.67
2005-Q271.52
2005-Q171.32
2004-Q471.29
2004-Q371.25
2004-Q271.11
2004-Q171.20
2003-Q471.18
2003-Q371.03
2003-Q271.20
2003-Q171.46
2002-Q471.73
2002-Q371.98
2002-Q271.93
2002-Q172.07
2001-Q472.38
2001-Q372.94
2001-Q273.35
2001-Q173.85
2000-Q473.97
2000-Q373.96
2000-Q274.25
2000-Q174.24

Source: OECD. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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