Figure 1. Percent employed, by gender, January 2005–June 2014
Date Men Women

2005, week 1

87.07 76.74

2005, week 2

87.31 77.19

2005, week 3

87.31 77.12

2005, week 4

87.22 77.05

2005, week 5

87.14 77.15

2005, week 6

87.16 77.10

2005, week 7

87.11 77.16

2005, week 8

87.08 77.18

2005, week 9

87.17 77.36

2005, week 10

87.19 77.23

2005, week 11

87.49 77.24

2005, week 12

87.40 77.22

2005, week 13

87.83 77.45

2005, week 14

87.72 77.31

2005, week 15

87.77 77.44

2005, week 16

87.63 77.22

2005, week 17

87.66 77.32

2005, week 18

87.73 77.52

2005, week 19

87.79 77.24

2005, week 20

87.87 77.38

2005, week 21

87.97 77.22

2005, week 22

88.00 76.83

2005, week 23

87.97 76.45

2005, week 24

87.71 76.43

2005, week 25

87.70 76.39

2005, week 26

87.73 76.06

2005, week 27

87.44 75.85

2005, week 28

87.59 75.97

2005, week 29

87.56 75.81

2005, week 30

87.55 75.93

2005, week 31

87.64 76.05

2005, week 32

87.73 76.38

2005, week 33

87.91 76.87

2005, week 34

87.93 77.20

2005, week 35

87.94 77.32

2005, week 36

87.93 77.88

2005, week, 37

88.07 78.07

2005, week 38

88.01 78.03

2005, week 39

87.98 78.25

2005, week 40

87.89 78.21

2005, week 41

87.90 78.28

2005, week 42

87.94 78.21

2005, week 43

87.96 78.43

2005, week 44

88.03 78.56

2005, week 45

87.89 78.51

2005, week 46

87.89 78.54

2005, week 47

87.79 78.16

2005, week 48

87.66 78.26

2005, week 49

87.55 78.06

2005, week 50

87.59 77.99

2005, week 51

87.34 77.66

2005, week 52

87.10 77.46

2006, week 1

86.97 77.34

2006, week 2

87.27 77.43

2006, week 3

87.42 77.53

2006, week 4

87.55 77.48

2006, week 5

87.53 77.26

2006, week 6

87.41 77.23

2006, week 7

87.57 77.52

2006, week 8

87.70 77.42

2006, week 9

87.80 77.38

2006, week 10

87.94 77.30

2006, week 11

88.06 77.44

2006, week 12

88.37 77.36

2006, week 13

88.31 77.10

2006, week 14

88.25 76.93

2006, week 15

88.29 77.23

2006, week 16

88.10 77.34

2006, week 17

88.21 77.32

2006, week 18

88.24 77.56

2006, week 19

87.97 77.45

2006, week 20

87.86 77.59

2006, week 21

87.67 77.16

2006, week 22

87.75 76.45

2006, week 23

87.54 76.13

2006, week 24

87.40 75.74

2006, week 25

87.29 75.53

2006, week 26

87.39 75.37

2006, week 27

87.38 75.37

2006, week 28

87.45 75.52

2006, week 29

87.49 75.69

2006, week 30

87.46 75.65

2006, week 31

87.44 75.87

2006, week 32

87.45 75.89

2006, week 33

87.58 76.21

2006, week 34

87.66 76.27

2006, week 35

88.03 76.57

2006, week 36

88.23 77.05

2006, week 37

88.47 77.76

2006, week 38

88.47 77.53

2006, week 39

88.33 77.49

2006, week 40

88.36 77.52

2006, week 41

88.26 77.48

2006, week 42

88.40 77.89

2006, week 43

88.26 77.93

2006, week 44

88.29 77.73

2006, week 45

88.37 77.78

2006, week 46

88.39 77.81

2006, week 47

88.39 77.54

2006, week 48

87.92 77.24

2006, week 49

88.00 77.30

2006, week 50

88.06 77.16

2006, week 51

87.80 76.64

2006, week 52

87.50 76.30

2006, week 53

87.42 76.54

2007, week 1

87.53 76.89

2007, week 2

87.54 76.97

2007, week 3

87.48 77.24

2007, week 4

87.53 77.34

2007, week 5

87.43 77.37

2007, week 6

87.34 77.61

2007, week 7

87.17 77.53

2007, week 8

87.05 77.38

2007, week 9

87.26 77.55

2007, week 10

87.35 77.76

2007, week 11

87.26 77.69

2007, week 12

87.53 77.78

2007, week 13

87.57 77.59

2007, week 14

87.70 77.46

2007, week 15

87.68 77.65

2007, week 16

87.74 77.76

2007, week 17

87.60 77.57

2007, week 18

87.59 77.72

2007, week 19

87.83 77.69

2007, week 20

87.69 77.45

2007, week 21

87.88 76.99

2007, week 22

87.61 76.19

2007, week 23

87.65 75.56

2007, week 24

87.55 75.11

2007, week 25

87.48 74.96

2007, week 26

87.23 74.74

2007, week 27

87.28 74.76

2007, week 28

87.20 74.65

2007, week 29

87.03 74.66

2007, week 30

87.11 74.64

2007, week 31

86.89 74.85

2007, week 32

87.15 75.53

2007, week 33

87.17 75.97

2007, week 34

87.12 76.41

2007, week 35

87.33 76.78

2007, week 36

87.54 77.21

2007, week 37

87.66 77.43

2007, week 38

87.67 77.49

2007, week 39

87.43 77.78

2007, week 40

87.40 77.52

2007, week 41

87.34 77.67

2007, week 42

87.21 77.70

2007, week 43

87.26 77.69

2007, week 44

86.97 77.50

2007, week 45

87.12 77.49

2007, week 46

86.80 77.36

2007, week 47

86.94 77.39

2007, week 48

86.87 77.49

2007, week 49

86.54 77.50

2007, week 50

86.10 77.07

2007, week 51

85.90 76.63

2007, week 52

85.54 76.53

2008, week 1

85.64 77.11

2008, week 2

85.62 77.27

2008, week 3

85.45 77.09

2008, week 4

85.47 77.25

2008, week 5

85.87 77.21

2008, week 6

86.20 77.25

2008, week 7

86.33 77.53

2008, week 8

86.48 77.39

2008, week 9

86.57 77.46

2008, week 10

86.57 77.71

2008, week 11

86.41 77.73

2008, week 12

86.50 77.93

2008, week 13

86.50 78.08

2008, week 14

86.42 78.08

2008, week 15

86.37 78.14

2008, week 16

86.25 77.81

2008, week 17

86.13 77.65

2008, week 18

86.53 77.73

2008, week 19

86.65 77.64

2008, week 20

86.53 77.36

2008, week 21

86.60 77.23

2008, week 22

86.79 76.43

2008, week 23

86.93 76.00

2008, week 24

86.67 75.69

2008, week 25

86.58 75.51

2008, week 26

86.26 75.61

2008, week 27

86.06 75.54

2008, week 28

86.23 75.45

2008, week 29

86.08 75.43

2008, week 30

86.10 75.26

2008, week 31

86.30 75.40

2008, week 32

86.71 75.54

2008, week 33

86.61 75.71

2008, week 34

86.64 76.18

2008, week 35

86.55 76.48

2008, week 36

86.66 76.66

2008, week 37

86.77 76.82

2008, week 38

86.64 76.67

2008, week 39

86.66 76.53

2008, week 40

86.38 76.50

2008, week 41

86.36 76.60

2008, week 42

86.15 76.40

2008, week 43

86.18 76.38

2008, week 44

85.96 76.27

2008, week 45

86.15 76.25

2008, week 46

85.96 76.18

2008, week 47

85.82 75.88

2008, week 48

85.49 75.72

2008, week 49

85.24 75.71

2008, week 50

85.02 75.64

2008, week 51

84.67 75.00

2008, week 52

84.46 74.93

2009, week 1

84.32 74.79

2009, week 2

84.07 75.19

2009, week 3

83.76 75.12

2009, week 4

83.47 74.91

2009, week 5

83.40 75.06

2009, week 6

83.23 75.08

2009, week 7

83.28 75.26

2009, week 8

82.99 75.23

2009, week 9

83.27 75.20

2009, week 10

83.56 75.13

2009, week 11

83.45 75.21

2009, week 12

83.17 75.09

2009, week 13

83.24 75.14

2009, week 14

83.45 74.87

2009, week 15

83.27 75.05

2009, week 16

83.26 74.90

2009, week 17

83.05 74.91

2009, week 18

83.30 74.80

2009, week 19

83.11 74.68

2009, week 20

83.08 74.58

2009, week 21

82.87 74.33

2009, week 22

82.69 73.80

2009, week 23

82.33 73.19

2009, week 24

82.21 72.67

2009, week 25

82.23 72.47

2009, week 26

82.05 72.48

2009, week 27

81.87 72.06

2009, week 28

81.85 72.29

2009, week 29

81.80 72.22

2009, week 30

81.75 72.03

2009, week 31

81.51 71.96

2009, week 32

81.77 72.12

2009, week 33

81.77 72.18

2009, week 34

81.87 72.53

2009, week 35

81.90 72.94

2009, week 36

81.97 73.47

2009, week 37

82.04 73.73

2009, week 38

82.02 73.66

2009, week 39

81.93 73.57

2009, week 40

82.08 73.53

2009, week 41

82.13 73.65

2009, week 42

81.85 73.53

2009, week 43

81.71 73.55

2009, week 44

81.43 73.40

2009, week 45

81.28 73.21

2009, week 46

81.25 73.23

2009, week 47

81.17 73.21

2009, week 48

80.94 73.14

2009, week 49

80.69 73.12

2009, week 50

80.63 73.58

2009, week 51

80.24 72.82

2009, week 52

79.90 72.87

2010, week 1

79.96 72.79

2010, week 2

80.20 73.10

2010, week 3

80.36 72.99

2010, week 4

80.57 73.13

2010, week 5

81.03 73.16

2010, week 6

81.15 73.08

2010, week 7

81.32 73.19

2010, week 8

81.21 73.35

2010, week 9

81.24 73.29

2010, week 10

81.30 73.38

2010, week 11

81.66 73.67

2010, week 12

81.68 73.65

2010, week 13

81.75 73.63

2010, week 14

81.81 73.60

2010, week 15

81.89 73.68

2010, week 16

81.67 73.67

2010, week 17

81.69 73.68

2010, week 18

81.75 73.81

2010, week 19

81.96 73.81

2010, week 20

81.94 73.48

2010, week 21

81.99 73.28

2010, week 22

81.85 73.08

2010, week 23

81.93 72.37

2010, week 24

81.80 72.03

2010, week 25

81.69 72.00

2010, week 26

81.78 71.81

2010, week 27

82.00 71.65

2010, week 28

81.86 71.86

2010, week 29

81.80 71.75

2010, week 30

81.79 71.64

2010, week 31

81.80 71.72

2010, week 32

81.87 71.82

2010, week 33

82.12 72.19

2010, week 34

82.38 72.43

2010, week 35

82.52 73.24

2010, week 36

82.57 73.48

2010, week 37

82.53 73.63

2010, week 38

82.54 73.46

2010, week 39

82.62 73.52

2010, week 40

82.50 73.45

2010, week 41

82.45 73.36

2010, week 42

82.37 73.61

2010, week 43

82.40 73.51

2010, week 44

82.32 73.55

2010, week 45

82.27 73.70

2010, week 46

82.26 73.77

2010, week 47

82.09 73.58

2010, week 48

82.13 73.60

2010, week 49

82.02 73.57

2010, week 50

82.00 73.58

2010, week 51

81.79 72.74

2010, week 52

81.79 72.67

2011, week 1

81.38 72.66

2011, week 2

81.41 73.13

2011, week 3

81.61 73.18

2011, week 4

81.53 73.19

2011, week 5

81.56 73.36

2011, week 6

81.55 73.24

2011, week 7

81.69 73.40

2011, week 8

81.62 73.29

2011, week 9

81.65 73.39

2011, week 10

81.83 73.24

2011, week 11

82.10 73.30

2011, week 12

82.20 73.23

2011, week 13

82.11 73.29

2011, week 14

82.17 73.25

2011, week 15

82.24 73.32

2011, week 16

82.36 73.27

2011, week 17

82.41 73.17

2011, week 18

82.47 73.19

2011, week 19

82.37 73.25

2011, week 20

82.47 73.12

2011, week 21

82.36 72.87

2011, week 22

82.55 72.62

2011, week 23

82.45 72.02

2011, week 24

82.36 71.94

2011, week 25

82.08 71.88

2011, week 26

81.92 71.63

2011, week 27

81.89 71.68

2011, week 28

81.89 71.76

2011, week 29

81.84 71.74

2011, week 30

81.79 71.76

2011, week 31

81.90 71.92

2011, week 32

81.91 71.86

2011, week 33

81.84 71.92

2011, week 34

82.11 72.29

2011, week 35

82.14 72.65

2011, week 36

82.13 72.90

2011, week 37

82.09 73.03

2011, week 38

82.15 72.89

2011, week 39

82.08 72.88

2011, week 40

82.13 72.81

2011, week 41

82.21 72.84

2011, week 42

82.14 72.94

2011, week 43

81.91 73.04

2011, week 44

82.07 73.02

2011, week 45

82.13 72.99

2011, week 46

82.12 72.99

2011, week 47

81.83 72.88

2011, week 48

81.63 72.82

2011, week 49

81.58 72.73

2011, week 50

81.47 72.64

2011, week 51

81.23 72.06

2011, week 52

80.95 71.84

2011, week 53

81.07 71.90

2012, week 1

80.81 72.25

2012, week 2

80.89 72.55

2012, week 3

80.91 72.66

2012, week 4

80.79 72.56

2012, week 5

80.78 72.62

2012, week 6

80.96 72.64

2012, week 7

81.17 72.72

2012, week 8

81.14 72.72

2012, week 9

81.25 72.76

2012, week 10

81.32 72.62

2012, week 11

81.35 72.42

2012, week 12

81.22 72.32

2012, week 13

81.25 72.36

2012, week 14

81.17 72.36

2012, week 15

81.24 72.40

2012, week 16

81.30 72.32

2012, week 17

81.35 72.36

2012, week 18

81.44 72.49

2012, week 19

81.55 72.48

2012, week 20

81.45 72.07

2012, week 21

81.40 71.61

2012, week 22

81.53 70.80

2012, week 23

81.53 70.65

2012, week 24

81.20 70.43

2012, week 25

81.15 70.43

2012, week 26

80.71 69.98

2012, week 27

80.63 70.05

2012, week 28

80.95 69.96

2012, week 29

80.94 69.89

2012, week 30

80.92 70.04

2012, week 31

81.13 69.86

2012, week 32

81.33 70.54

2012, week 33

81.09 70.95

2012, week 34

80.93 70.91

2012, week 35

81.17 71.39

2012, week 36

81.12 71.37

2012, week 37

81.04 71.68

2012, week 38

81.07 71.90

2012, week 39

81.12 71.97

2012, week 40

81.28 71.80

2012, week 41

81.25 71.82

2012, week 42

81.06 71.75

2012, week 43

80.95 71.75

2012, week 44

80.79 71.67

2012, week 45

80.93 71.80

2012, week 46

80.82 71.80

2012, week 47

80.78 71.84

2012, week 48

80.60 71.98

2012, week 49

80.52 71.88

2012, week 50

80.43 71.47

2012, week 51

80.15 71.18

2012, week 52

80.11 71.10

2013, week 1

80.29 71.60

2013, week 2

80.25 71.92

2013, week 3

80.25 71.67

2013, week 4

79.95 71.65

2013, week 5

79.99 71.45

2013, week 6

80.34 71.54

2013, week 7

80.30 71.37

2013, week8

80.41 71.35

2013, week 9

80.32 71.36

2013, week 10

80.51 71.50

2013, week 11

80.51 71.51

2013, week 12

80.40 71.46

2013, week 13

80.52 71.31

2013, week 14

80.76 71.30

2013, week 15

80.74 71.56

2013, week 16

80.66 71.46

2013, week 17

80.68 71.49

2013, week 18

80.59 71.38

2013, week 19

80.77 71.29

2013, week 20

80.43 70.99

2013, week 21

80.35 70.84

2013, week 22

80.49 69.91

2013, week 23

80.51 69.64

2013, week 24

80.35 69.34

2013, week 25

80.33 69.30

2013, week 26

80.39 68.99

2013, week 27

80.35 68.91

2013, week 28

80.40 69.14

2013, week 29

80.26 69.01

2013, week 30

80.46 69.06

2013, week 31

80.36 69.14

2013, week 32

80.57 69.55

2013, week 33

80.47 69.95

2013, week 34

80.58 69.94

2013, week 35

80.70 70.39

2013, week 36

80.55 70.81

2013, week 37

80.96 70.97

2013, week 38

80.76 70.86

2013, week 39

80.77 70.48

2013, week 40

80.59 70.48

2013, week 41

80.73 70.75

2013, week 42

80.72 70.53

2013, week 43

80.44 70.64

2013, week 44

80.46 70.63

2013, week 45

80.41 70.74

2013, week 46

80.34 70.64

2013, week 47

80.29 70.62

2013, week 48

80.13 70.61

2013, week 49

80.10 70.51

2013, week 50

80.15 70.32

2013, week 51

79.95 69.90

2013, week 52

79.80 69.76

2014, week 1

79.70 69.59

2014, week 2

79.80 69.77

2014, week 3

79.76 69.60

2014, week 4

79.71 69.57

2014, week 5

79.88 69.77

2014, week 6

79.89 69.68

2014, week 7

79.66 69.86

2014, week 8

79.70 69.63

2014, week 9

79.69 69.64

2014, week 10

79.77 69.84

2014, week 11

79.87 69.66

2014, week 12

79.84 69.73

2014, week 13

79.80 69.77

2014, week 14

79.83 69.87

2014, week 15

80.12 69.75

2014, week 16

80.02 69.67

2014, week 17

79.91 69.69

2014, week 18

79.85 69.80

2014, week 19

79.86 69.88

2014, week 20

79.76 69.59

2014, week 21

79.65 69.54

2014, week 22

79.55 68.95

2014, week 23

79.54 68.73

2014, week 24

79.73 68.44

2014, week 25

79.28 68.20

Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.