Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in United States
United States: Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) was 163,493 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment by professional status in United States, 1955–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
United States 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 peaked at 163,493 Persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 62,170 Persons, in 1955.
United States 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.
Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in United States, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 62,170 Persons | — |
| 1956 | 63,799 Persons | +2.6% |
| 1957 | 64,071 Persons | +0.4% |
| 1958 | 63,036 Persons | -1.6% |
| 1959 | 64,630 Persons | +2.5% |
| 1960 | 65,778 Persons | +1.8% |
| 1961 | 65,746 Persons | -0.0% |
| 1962 | 66,702 Persons | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 67,762 Persons | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 69,305 Persons | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 71,088 Persons | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 72,895 Persons | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 74,372 Persons | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 75,920 Persons | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 77,902 Persons | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 78,678 Persons | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 79,367 Persons | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 82,153 Persons | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 85,064 Persons | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 86,794 Persons | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 85,846 Persons | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 88,752 Persons | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 92,017 Persons | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 96,048 Persons | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 98,824 Persons | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 99,303 Persons | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 100,397 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 99,526 Persons | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 100,834 Persons | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 105,005 Persons | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 107,150 Persons | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 109,597 Persons | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 112,440 Persons | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 114,968 Persons | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 117,342 Persons | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 118,793 Persons | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 117,718 Persons | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 118,492 Persons | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 120,259 Persons | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 123,060 Persons | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 124,900 Persons | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 126,708 Persons | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 129,558 Persons | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 131,463 Persons | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 133,488 Persons | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 136,891 Persons | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 136,933 Persons | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 136,485 Persons | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 137,736 Persons | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 139,252 Persons | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 141,730 Persons | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 144,427 Persons | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 146,047 Persons | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 145,362 Persons | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 139,877 Persons | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 139,064 Persons | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 139,869 Persons | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 142,469 Persons | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 143,929 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 146,305 Persons | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 148,833 Persons | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 151,436 Persons | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 153,337 Persons | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 155,761 Persons | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 157,538 Persons | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 147,795 Persons | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 152,581 Persons | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 158,291 Persons | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 161,036 Persons | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 161,345 Persons | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 163,493 Persons | +1.3% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 163,493 Persons is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,200 Persons, 31.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near United States
More work & labour data for United States
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment by professional status in United States?
- Employment by professional status in United States 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?
- The highest recorded value was 163,493 Persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest employment by professional status recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 62,170 Persons in 1955.
- How does United States rank for employment by professional status?
- United States ranks 1st out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment by professional status rising or falling in United States?
- 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 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.