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The employment–population ratio for people with a disability was 19.1 percent in 2018. The ratio increased from 2017 to 2018. The ratio for those without a disability, at 65.9 percent, edged up in 2018. In 2018, the employment–population ratio among women age 16 and older with a disability increased to 16.4 percent. The ratio for women without a disability, at 60.2 percent, was little changed from 2017 to 2018. The employment–population ratio among men age 16 and older with a disability, at 22.3 percent, was little changed in 2018, while the ratio for men without a disability increased to 71.9 percent.
Employment–population ratios by disability status and sex, 2009–2018
Year
Persons without a disability, 16 and older
Men without a disability, 16 and older
Women without a disability, 16 and older
Persons with a disability, 16 and older
Men with a disability, 16 and older
Women with a disability, 16 and older
2009
64.5%
69.6%
59.7%
19.2%
22.4%
16.5%
2010
63.5
68.6
58.6
18.6
21.9
15.7
2011
63.6
69.1
58.4
17.8
21.1
14.9
2012
63.9
69.7
58.4
17.8
21.4
14.8
2013
64.0
69.9
58.4
17.6
20.9
14.8
2014
64.6
70.6
58.9
17.1
20.0
14.5
2015
65.0
71.1
59.2
17.5
20.4
14.9
2016
65.3
71.5
59.5
17.9
21.3
15.0
2017
65.7
71.7
60.0
18.7
22.0
15.8
2018
65.9
71.9
60.2
19.1
22.3
16.4
The lower ratio among people with a disability reflects, in part, the older age profile of people with a disability; older people are less likely to be employed, regardless of disability status. However, across all age groups, people with a disability were much less likely to be employed than those with no disability.
Percent distribution of employed persons by disability status and occupation, 2018
Occupational group
Total with a disability
Total with no disability
Men with a disability
Men with no disability
Women with a disability
Women with no disability
Management, professional, and related occupations
33.7%
40.3%
31.0%
36.8%
37.0%
44.3%
Service occupations
19.0
17.2
15.6
13.7
23.0
21.1
Sales and office occupations
23.1
21.4
16.2
15.7
31.2
27.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations
10.3
9.3
18.1
16.5
1.1
1.0
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
13.9
11.8
19.2
17.2
7.7
5.8
Of the five major occupation groups, people with a disability were more concentrated in service occupations than those with no disability (19.0 percent, compared with 17.2 percent). Workers with a disability were also more likely than those with no disability to work in production, transportation, and material moving occupations (13.9 percent, compared with 11.8 percent). People with a disability were less likely to work in management, professional, and related occupations than those without a disability (33.7 percent, compared with 40.3 percent).
United States Department of Labor
