WorldPulse

United States Participation Rate

us-labor-force-participationEconomy

Subject

United States

Metric

Participation Rate

Data Points

939

Coverage

1948–2026

Latest Value

61.8

as of Apr 1, 2026

Time Series (939 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Apr 1, 202661.8-
Mar 1, 202661.9-
Feb 1, 202662-
Jan 1, 202662.1-
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-

Showing most recent 15 of 939 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