Chart 10. Nonagricultural self-employment rate, quarterly averages, seasonally adjusted, 1994–2023 (in percent)
Quarter Self-employment rate

Q1 1994

7.7

Q2 1994

7.6

Q3 1994

7.5

Q4 1994

7.4

Q1 1995

7.3

Q2 1995

7.3

Q3 1995

7.4

Q4 1995

7.3

Q1 1996

7.4

Q2 1996

7.3

Q3 1996

7.2

Q4 1996

7.3

Q1 1997

7.4

Q2 1997

7.2

Q3 1997

7.0

Q4 1997

7.0

Q1 1998

7.0

Q2 1998

7.0

Q3 1998

7.0

Q4 1998

6.9

Q1 1999

6.8

Q2 1999

6.8

Q3 1999

6.8

Q4 1999

6.7

Q1 2000

6.9

Q2 2000

6.9

Q3 2000

6.9

Q4 2000

6.7

Q1 2001

6.8

Q2 2001

6.8

Q3 2001

6.8

Q4 2001

6.7

Q1 2002

6.5

Q2 2002

6.6

Q3 2002

6.7

Q4 2002

6.8

Q1 2003

6.8

Q2 2003

6.8

Q3 2003

7.0

Q4 2003

7.0

Q1 2004

6.9

Q2 2004

6.8

Q3 2004

7.0

Q4 2004

7.0

Q1 2005

7.0

Q2 2005

6.9

Q3 2005

6.7

Q4 2005

6.7

Q1 2006

6.9

Q2 2006

6.8

Q3 2006

6.7

Q4 2006

6.9

Q1 2007

6.7

Q2 2007

6.7

Q3 2007

6.6

Q4 2007

6.5

Q1 2008

6.5

Q2 2008

6.5

Q3 2008

6.5

Q4 2008

6.2

Q1 2009

6.5

Q2 2009

6.5

Q3 2009

6.6

Q4 2009

6.6

Q1 2010

6.6

Q2 2010

6.5

Q3 2010

6.4

Q4 2010

6.4

Q1 2011

6.4

Q2 2011

6.3

Q3 2011

6.1

Q4 2011

6.2

Q1 2012

6.2

Q2 2012

6.2

Q3 2012

6.3

Q4 2012

6.3

Q1 2013

6.1

Q2 2013

6.1

Q3 2013

6.2

Q4 2013

6.0

Q1 2014

6.0

Q2 2014

5.9

Q3 2014

6.0

Q4 2014

6.1

Q1 2015

5.9

Q2 2015

6.1

Q3 2015

5.9

Q4 2015

5.8

Q1 2016

5.9

Q2 2016

6.0

Q3 2016

5.8

Q4 2016

5.9

Q1 2017

5.8

Q2 2017

5.7

Q3 2017

5.7

Q4 2017

5.9

Q1 2018

5.9

Q2 2018

5.8

Q3 2018

5.7

Q4 2018

5.8

Q1 2019

5.7

Q2 2019

5.6

Q3 2019

5.7

Q4 2019

5.7

Q1 2020

5.7

Q2 2020

5.9

Q3 2020

6.0

Q4 2020

5.9

Q1 2021

6.0

Q2 2021

6.1

Q3 2021

6.3

Q4 2021

6.1

Q1 2022

5.9

Q2 2022

5.9

Q3 2022

5.8

Q4 2022

5.8

Q1 2023

5.8

Q2 2023

5.6

Q3 2023

5.6

Q4 2023

5.7

Note: The nonagricultural self-employment rate is the number of nonagricultural unincorporated self-employed workers as a percentage of total nonagricultural employment. Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.