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Employment characteristics of people with a disability in 2018
October 29, 2019
The labor force participation rate for people with a disability ages 16 to 64 has risen every year since 2015. In 2018, 33.3 percent of people with a disability ages 16 to 64 were in the labor force. For people without a disability, the labor force participation rate for all people ages 16 to 64 was 76.9 percent in 2018.
Labor force participation rate of the population ages 16 to 64, by disability status and gender, 2009–18
Year
People with a disability
Men with a disability
Women with a disability
People without a disability
Men without a disability
Women without a disability
2009
35.2%
37.9%
32.5%
77.8%
83.7%
72.0%
2010
33.9
36.7
31.2
77.1
83.0
71.4
2011
32.3
35.0
29.6
76.6
82.5
70.9
2012
31.6
34.4
28.9
76.5
82.5
70.8
2013
31.4
34.2
28.8
76.2
82.3
70.3
2014
30.2
32.7
27.8
76.2
82.3
70.4
2015
30.5
33.0
28.1
76.1
82.2
70.2
2016
31.2
34.2
28.3
76.4
82.5
70.5
2017
32.6
35.2
30.0
76.7
82.6
71.0
2018
33.3
35.8
30.9
76.9
82.7
71.2
Among those age 25 and older, nearly half of the population with a disability in 2018 had completed some education beyond high school, compared to almost two-thirds of those without a disability. People with a disability were twice as likely as those without a disability not to have completed high school.
United States Department of Labor
