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     • The trend in the women’s labor force participation rate largely parallels the long-term trends for the overall population. The women’s labor force participation rate nearly doubled from 32% to 60% in the 50 years from 1948 to 1998. This rate dropped to 54.6% in April 2020 from 57.9% in February 2020. As of April 2024, it sits at 57.7%.
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   What is the labor force participation rate for widowed women and men?

   • Labor force participation rates for widowed women and men, who tend to be older, were 17.9 percent and 23.3 percent, respectively. (See table 4 .) The labor force participation rate for women with children under 18 years of age was 72.5 percent in March 2020, much lower than the rate of 93.1 percent for men with children under 18 years.

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   How has the women's labor force participation rate changed since 1948?

   • Historically, women’s labor force participation rate has increased overall since 1948, peaking in 1999 around 60%. Since the new millennium, the total labor force participation rate and the women’s labor force participation rate have both fallen. Note: Shaded areas indicate recession.

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   What is the labor force participation rate for women with children?

   • Among mothers, the labor force participation rate for those with children 6 to 17 years old, at 76.4 percent, was considerably higher than for those with younger children. The rate for women with children under 6 years old was 67.4 percent, and the rate for women with children under 3 years old was 65.6 percent.

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   What is the labor force participation rate in 2021?

   • Men’s labor force participation rate, which has always been much higher than that for women, was 67.6 percent in 2021, also little different than the previous year (67.7 percent). Rates for both men and women remain below their 2019 levels, prior to the pandemic. (See table 2.)

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   May 3, 2024 · Graph and download economic data for Labor Force Participation Rate - Women (LNS11300002) from Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 about females, participation, 16 years +, labor force, labor, household survey, rate, and USA.

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   The entrance of women into the workforce has influenced the labor force participation rate over the last several decades.

   Historically, women’s labor force participation rate has increased overall since 1948, peaking in 1999 around 60%.

   Since the new millennium, the total labor force participation rate and the women’s labor force participation rate have both fallen.

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   Occupations with a large share of women are clustered in a few occupational groups, especially in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations.

   Of the occupations highlighted below, half are part of the healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners group or the health technologists and technicians group.

   All of the occupations listed below require some level of postsecondary education for entry, and just under half typically require an associate degree or higher for entry.

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   To the year 2031, a projected increase in the number of total women in the labor forcewill be driven by women over the age of 25

   Women in the prime age for working, ages 25 to 54, will join the labor force over the 10-year projection, adding roughly 2.9 million more workers.

   The women’s labor force participation rate is projected to have a smaller decline than that for men, despite both groups likely experiencing falling labor force participation in 2031.

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   Never-married women had the highest participation rate of all women, at 64.3 percent in 2021. Separated and divorced women were more likely to participate in the labor force (62.4 percent and 59.0 percent, respectively) than married women (56.9 percent).

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   Feb 6, 2023 · The labor force participation rate for prime-age women hit 77.0 percent, exceeding the level in 2019 (76.0 percent) and setting a new high for the share of women either working or looking for...

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   Jun 20, 2023 · Between 2019 and 2020, the global women’s labour-force participation rate declined by 3.4%, as compared to 2.4% for men. 5 Women have been (re-)entering the workforce at a slightly higher rate than men since then, resulting in a modest recovery in gender parity.