Workforce 2000 Facts
Labor Day 2000
10 Modern Workforce Facts
From the US Department of Labor
In 1999, a higher proportion of both men and women [16 years and over] were employed than ever before -71.6 and 57.4 percent respectively.
The workforce expanded nearly 5-fold during the 20th century, from 28 million people in 1900 to 139 million in 1999.
Women's participation in the labor force more than tripled over the past century. In 1900, less than 20 percent of women were in the labor force; by 1999, women's participation had increased to 60 percent.
84 percent of baby boomers (ages 36 to 54 in 2000) participate in the labor market and baby boomers make up nearly 50 percent of the workforce
The average person in the U.S. holds 9.2 jobs from age 18 to age 34. More than half of these jobs were held between the ages of 18 and 24.
Welfare recipients make up 2.3 percent of the US population, the lowest rate since 1965.
Education is directly tied to unemployment rates with college graduates experiencing half the unemployment rate of high school graduates (1.8 percent versus 3.5 percent in 1999) or a fraction of the unemployment of high school dropouts. (1.8% vs 6.7 percent in 1999).
The proportion of prime working-age Americans with college degrees quadrupled during the second half of the century.
- In 1950, 60 percent of Americans age 25-54 years lacked a high school diploma; by 1999, that percentage had declined to just under 12 percent.
- In 1950, only 7 percent of 25-54 years old were college graduates; by 1999, that proportion had grown to 29 percent.
Average weekly hours in manufacturing fell from 59.0 hours in 1900 to 40.5 hours in 1950, and has changed little since.
The workplace injury and illness incidence rate is the lowest reported since federal data collection began in the early 1970s.
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