Employment by professional status in United States of America
United States of America: Employment by professional status was 163,493 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment by professional status in United States of America, 1955–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 163,493 Persons for employment by professional status in 2025. That is the highest value across all 71 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment by professional status in United States of America peaked at 163,493 Persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 62,170 Persons, in 1955.
United States of America ranks 1st of 33 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 71 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 63,541 Persons | 62,170 Persons | 64,630 Persons | 5 |
| 1960s | 70,747 Persons | 65,746 Persons | 77,902 Persons | 10 |
| 1970s | 87,354 Persons | 78,678 Persons | 98,824 Persons | 10 |
| 1980s | 106,656 Persons | 99,303 Persons | 117,342 Persons | 10 |
| 1990s | 124,444 Persons | 117,718 Persons | 133,488 Persons | 10 |
| 2000s | 140,474 Persons | 136,485 Persons | 146,047 Persons | 10 |
| 2010s | 147,854 Persons | 139,064 Persons | 157,538 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 157,424 Persons | 147,795 Persons | 163,493 Persons | 6 |
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More work & labour data for United States of America
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (2023)
- Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 1 (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.1% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 56.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment by professional status in United States of America?
- Employment by professional status in United States of America was 163,493 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest employment by professional status recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 163,493 Persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest employment by professional status recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 62,170 Persons in 1955.
- How does United States of America rank for employment by professional status?
- United States of America ranks 1st out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment by professional status rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.