WorldPulse

United States Participation Rate

us-labor-force-participationEconomy

Subject

United States

Metric

Participation Rate

Data Points

936

Coverage

1948–2026

Latest Value

62.5

as of Jan 1, 2026

Time Series (936 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Jan 1, 202662.5-
Dec 1, 202562.4-
Nov 1, 202562.5-
Sep 1, 202562.5-
Aug 1, 202562.3-
Jul 1, 202562.2-
Jun 1, 202562.3-
May 1, 202562.4-
Apr 1, 202562.6-
Mar 1, 202562.5-
Feb 1, 202562.5-
Jan 1, 202562.6-
Dec 1, 202462.5-
Nov 1, 202462.4-
Oct 1, 202462.5-

Showing most recent 15 of 936 observations

Data Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Retrieved via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).

Category

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-labor-force-participation

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-labor-force-participation?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-labor-force-participation?as_of=2024-01-01