Work & Labour in North America 87 indicators covering work & labour for North America. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.8% 2025 up 0.6% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.0% 2025 down 1.0% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 51.6% 2025 up 2.3% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.4% 2025 down 0.1% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 52.0% 2025 up 1.0% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 69.8% 2025 up 4.8% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 78.8% 2025 up 1.4% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 74.4% 2025 up 3.0% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.3% 2025 down 2.3% — Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.4% 2025 up 3.0% — Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.3% 2025 down 24.1% — Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 70.2% 2025 up 2.6% — Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 90.8% 2025 up 0.4% — Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.9% 2025 down 4.2% — Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 27.9% 2025 down 3.8% — Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.3% 2025 down 3.4% — Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.1% 2025 down 3.0% — Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 up 3.7% — Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.1% 2025 down 8.1% — Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 93.2% 2025 up 1.0% — Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 91.2% 2025 up 1.6% — Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 95.4% 2025 up 0.2% — Employment in services (% of total employment) 79.6% 2025 up 1.6% — Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 8.9% 2025 down 14.7% — Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.6% 2025 down 18.0% — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 9.8% 2025 down 16.8% — Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 6.8% 2025 down 11.8% — Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 8.8% 2025 down 14.2% — Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 4.6% 2025 down 4.5% — Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.4% 2025 down 21.7% — Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.3% 2025 down 11.5% — GDP per person employed 152,091 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 15.0% — Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.6% 2025 down 16.3% — Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 16.4% — Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.5% 2025 down 16.1% — Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.0% 2025 down 1.8% — Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.7% 2025 up 1.0% — Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.7% 2025 down 0.4% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 55.6% 2025 up 1.4% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 56.9% 2025 down 0.2% — Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.9% 2025 up 2.8% — Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 56.3% 2025 up 0.6% — Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.4% 2025 down 11.8% — Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.3% 2025 down 12.9% — Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2025 down 10.2% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 12.0% 2025 down 9.4% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 11.5% 2025 down 2.2% — Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 11.8% 2025 down 5.9% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 47.0% 2025 up 4.0% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 46.8% 2025 up 2.5% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 54.2% 2025 up 1.5% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 64.2% 2025 down 1.3% — Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 59.2% 2025 down 0.0% — Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 3.3% 2025 down 1.6% — Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 5.4% 2025 down 6.8% — Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 4.5% 2025 down 5.3% — Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 46.9% 2025 up 3.2% — Unemployment with basic education 8.1% 2025 down 6.3% — Unemployment with basic education, male 7.7% 2025 down 5.9% — Unemployment with intermediate education 6.2% 2025 down 14.2% — Page 1 of 2 Next →