Prime-Age Employment Rate
80.2% · Jun 2026
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1948-49 Recession · Nov 1948 – Oct 19491953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 19541957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 19581960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 19611969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 19701973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 19751980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 19801981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 19821990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 202065%70%75%80%1950196019701980199020002010202080.2%
Prime-Age Employment Rate — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
YearPrime-Age Employment Rate
194863.1%
194961.7%
195063.4%
195165.0%
195265.5%
195364.6%
195464.0%
195565.9%
195665.8%
195765.5%
195865.1%
195965.9%
196065.2%
196165.4%
196266.0%
196366.7%
196467.1%
196568.0%
196668.9%
196769.4%
196869.7%
196970.2%
197069.0%
197169.1%
197269.9%
197370.9%
197470.0%
197569.7%
197670.9%
197772.8%
197874.2%
197975.1%
198074.3%
198174.0%
198272.8%
198374.9%
198476.3%
198577.1%
198677.8%
198778.8%
198879.6%
198980.1%
199079.0%
199178.3%
199278.2%
199379.0%
199479.8%
199579.7%
199680.5%
199781.0%
199881.3%
199981.5%
200081.4%
200179.8%
200279.0%
200378.8%
200478.9%
200579.3%
200680.1%
200779.7%
200877.6%
200974.8%
201075.0%
201175.4%
201276.0%
201376.1%
201477.1%
201577.4%
201678.1%
201779.0%
201879.5%
201980.4%
202076.4%
202179.2%
202280.2%
202380.5%
202480.5%
202580.7%
202680.2%
Source: FRED · LNS12300060 · econscout.com