Labor Force History

Long-Term Trends in Employment by Age Group

by Jill Mislinski, 11/6/18.

This article has graphs that shows US labor force participation from 1948 to 2018.

The top blue solid line on the graph shows the US Labor Force Participation of Men and Women in all in Age groups at 95.3% in 1948 and 84.6% in 2018.

The next blue solid line on the graph shows Labor Participation of Men Age 25-64 at 63.4% in 1948 and 77.7% in 2018.

The next dotted line shows Labor Participation of Men and Women Age 65+ at 46.8% in 1948 and 24.0% in 2018.

The next solid red line shows Labor Participation of Women Age 25-64 at 33.1% in 1948 and 71.1% in 2018.

The last dotted red line shows Labor Participation of Women Age 65+ at 9.1% in 1948 and 15.8% in 2018.

https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/long-term-trends-in-employment-by-age-group

The data in this article doesn’t match the data used in the official Labor Participation Rate number of 62.9%, but this data doesn’t include those under age 25.  The data trends look correct to me as I remember our years from 1948 to 2018.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader