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The share of workers who worked full time, year round rose to 71.0 percent in 2022
February 05, 2024
A total of 169.8 million people worked at some point during 2022, up by 2.9 million from 2021. In 2022, labor market conditions continued to recover from the recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The percentage of workers who worked full time, year round (that is, 50 to 52 weeks) increased from 69.8 percent in 2021 to 71.0 percent in 2022—a series high. This proportion was also 0.8 percentage point higher than the pre-pandemic figure in 2019.
Percent of workers who worked full time, year round by sex, 1950–2022
Year
Total
Men
Women
1950
55.7
65.4
36.8
1951
57.4
68.1
37.6
1952
57.4
67.6
38.7
1953
58.9
69.1
39.5
1954
55.8
65.6
38.0
1955
56.6
67.5
37.9
1956
56.4
67.5
37.3
1957
55.1
65.9
37.0
1958
53.6
63.5
36.9
1959
53.8
64.3
36.1
1960
53.7
63.9
36.9
1961
53.6
63.7
36.9
1962
53.7
64.2
36.8
1963
54.6
65.8
36.9
1964
55.0
66.2
37.5
1965
56.1
67.3
38.8
1966
58.0
70.0
40.1
1967
58.6
69.9
42.1
1968
57.9
69.4
41.4
1969
57.1
68.3
41.1
1970
55.6
66.1
40.7
1971
56.1
66.0
41.8
1972
57.0
67.2
42.5
1973
57.0
67.9
41.9
1974
54.3
64.5
40.4
1975
54.3
63.8
41.4
1976
54.2
64.1
41.1
1977
54.8
64.6
42.1
1978
56.2
66.1
43.6
1979
56.3
66.3
43.7
1980
56.1
65.2
44.7
1981
55.9
64.5
45.1
1982
55.0
62.3
45.9
1983
56.8
64.3
47.6
1984
58.1
66.5
48.2
1985
58.7
66.8
48.9
1986
59.2
67.3
49.5
1987
60.2
68.3
50.7
1988
61.0
69.0
51.8
1989
60.8
69.0
51.3
1990
60.4
68.0
51.5
1991
60.0
66.5
52.6
1992
60.7
66.8
53.6
1993
60.9
68.1
52.8
1994
61.7
69.5
53.0
1995
62.9
70.6
54.3
1996
63.3
70.8
54.8
1997
64.2
71.7
55.8
1998
65.6
73.9
56.5
1999
65.9
73.4
57.6
2000
66.7
74.2
58.4
2001
66.3
73.2
58.6
2002
66.3
73.0
58.8
2003
66.3
73.0
58.8
2004
66.8
73.8
59.0
2005
67.5
74.2
59.9
2006
68.4
75.2
60.7
2007
68.4
74.6
61.5
2008
65.6
71.2
59.3
2009
64.0
68.3
59.3
2010
64.7
69.4
59.4
2011
65.8
71.2
59.8
2012
65.5
71.0
59.4
2013
66.9
72.7
60.5
2014
67.9
73.9
61.2
2015
68.0
73.9
61.4
2016
68.8
74.7
62.2
2017
69.5
75.3
63.1
2018
70.4
76.2
64.0
2019
70.2
75.4
64.5
2020
63.1
67.9
57.8
2021
69.8
74.6
64.5
2022
71.0
75.8
65.7
When the series began in 1950, working men were much more likely to work full time, year round than working women (65.4 percent versus 36.8 percent). Women began narrowing the gap in the late 1970s and early 1980s when the percentage who worked full time, year round rose faster than it did for men. This gap has closed considerably since 1950, with the percentage of men working full time, year round rising to 75.8 percent in 2022 and that of women rising to 65.7 percent.
United States Department of Labor
