United States: Labour force participation rate, women
Women aged 15 and over who are economically active, as a percentage of the female population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimate.
Official statisticSource figures as of October 8, 2026Sources & methods
- Sources
- World Bank
- Period covered
- 1990 – 2025
- Source figures as of
- October 8, 2026
- Geography
- United States
- Sector
- Whole economy (not a single sector)
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable
- Transformations
- Views other than the level (changes, averages, volatility) are calculated by CK Economics from these figures
- Revisions
- Replaced with the source’s latest figures whenever it revises them.
- Data status
- Current
Key figures
CK estimate% of female population aged 15+ · calculated by CK Economics from World Bank data
- Latest · 2025
- 56.3
- −0.2 pp vs a year earlier1
- 5-year change
- +0.6 pp
- since 20202
- 10-year change
- +0.4 pp
- since 20152
- Record high
- 58.7
- 20003
- Record low
- 55.6
- 20213
- Where the latest ranks
- 25th pct.
- Higher than 25% of the other 35 observations since 19904
- 1Latest observation against the observation one year earlier (for weekly data, the nearest within three days).
- 2Latest observation against the observation five and ten years earlier.
- 3Highest and lowest published observations across the full history shown.
- 4Share of the other published observations that are lower than the latest one, rounded down.
Methodology
Women aged 15 and over who are economically active, as a percentage of the female population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimate. Compiled by the World Bank from national statistical offices and international agencies; some series (labour force participation) are ILO modelled estimates. Source series SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI 2026-10-08). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS?locations=USA
All data
36 observations, newest first · % of female population aged 15+
| Period | Value | Change y/y |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.3 | −0.22 pp |
| 2024 | 56.6 | −0.04 pp |
| 2023 | 56.6 | +0.57 pp |
| 2022 | 56 | +0.4 pp |
| 2021 | 55.6 | −0.07 pp |
| 2020 | 55.7 | −1.16 pp |
| 2019 | 56.9 | +0.4 pp |
| 2018 | 56.5 | +0.08 pp |
| 2017 | 56.4 | +0.3 pp |
| 2016 | 56.1 | +0.16 pp |
| 2015 | 55.9 | −0.26 pp |
| 2014 | 56.2 | −0.16 pp |
| 2013 | 56.4 | −0.42 pp |
| 2012 | 56.8 | −0.22 pp |
| 2011 | 57 | −0.52 pp |
| 2010 | 57.5 | −0.54 pp |
| 2009 | 58.1 | −0.24 pp |
| 2008 | 58.3 | +0.21 pp |
| 2007 | 58.1 | −0.08 pp |
| 2006 | 58.2 | +0.12 pp |
| 2005 | 58 | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 57.9 | −0.28 pp |
| 2003 | 58.2 | −0.13 pp |
| 2002 | 58.4 | −0.17 pp |