Some Labor Force Statistics

The labor force is expected to increase by 8.9 million, from 160.7 million in 2020 to 169.6 million in 2030.

For males aged 16 or older, the labor force is projected to increase by 3.6 million from 85.2 million in 2020 to 88.8 million in 2030.

For females aged 16 or more, that increase is higher and estimated at 5.3 million from 75.5 million in 2020 to 80.8 million in 2030.

Here is the summary table of the size of the US Labor Force by gender:

gender LF2000 LF2010 LF2020 LF2030
All 142583 153888 160744 169637
MEN 76282 81984 85205 88794
WOMEN 66301 71904 75539 80843

Graphical Representation of the Predicted Labor Force

In this section, we will depict the predicted size of the labor force with a dodged bar chart, showing breakdowns by year and by gender. However, to create this bar chart, we first need to represent the predicted labor force statistics in a long format data table as follows:

year gender laborforce
2000 All 142583
2010 All 153888
2020 All 160744
2030 All 169637
2000 MEN 76282
2010 MEN 81984
2020 MEN 85205
2030 MEN 88794
2000 WOMEN 66301
2010 WOMEN 71904
2020 WOMEN 75539
2030 WOMEN 80843

The dodged bar chart shown below, reveals that the number of males in the labor force will consistently exceeds the number of females throughout the year 2030. Moreover, the overall increase in size of the labor force will be steady at average rate of 6% per decade.