Work & Labour in United States 480 indicators covering work & labour for United States. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 50.5% 2021 up 85.7% 32nd LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 5.04 2025 down 17.0% 42nd Time-related underemployment 1,293 2025 up 4.0% 3rd Time-related underemployment rate 0.791 2025 down 5.3% 30th Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,732 2025 down 7.4% 5th Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 13.4 2025 down 10.9% 30th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 5.04 2025 down 17.0% 53rd Public sector employment 21,941 2025 up 6.3% 1st Inspectors per 10'000 employed persons 0.07 2015 — 61st Time-related underemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,293 2025 up 4.0% 6th Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 0.791 2025 down 5.3% 52nd LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (current ILO) 5.99 2025 down 16.5% 53rd Capital intensity vs. labor productivity 198 2015 up 13.8% 10th Public employment 159,150 2023 up 12.8% 1st Average hourly earnings of care employees 43.87 2025 up 60.9% 27th Average hourly earnings of care employees 43.87 2025 up 60.9% 27th Long-term care resources and utilisation - workers — Formal long-term 4.1 Per 100 inhabitants aged 65 years or over 2024 down 31.7% 11th Average monthly earnings of employees 6,273 2025 up 68.2% 24th Average monthly earnings of STEM employees 8,263 2025 up 57.1% 24th Average monthly earnings of STEM employees 8,263 2025 up 57.1% 24th Fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant status 3.5 2023 down 30.0% 34th Number of registered workplaces that could be selected for labour 7.30 million 2015 — 1st Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 3,413 2022 up 959.9% 4th Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 1 2022 up 900.0% 26th Average monthly earnings of employees 6,273 2025 up 68.2% 19th Care employment 41,899 2025 up 13.6% 1st Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 2,400 2023 up 140.0% 16th Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 80.56 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2024 up 6.3% 17th Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 56.25 2025 up 62.2% 22nd Average hourly earnings of STEM employees 56.25 2025 up 62.2% 22nd Monthly minimum wages - bi-annual data 1,103 2026 down 2.6% 17th Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 82.48 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 up 7.1% 9th Children in employment 2,174 2023 up 48.7% 3rd Children in child labour 88.41 2023 up 32.2% 15th Share of children in child labour 0.958 2023 up 27.1% 29th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 4.28 2025 down 18.9% 34th Unemployment rate 4.28 2025 down 18.9% 34th Fatal occupational injury rates 3.5 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 30.0% 32nd Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st Collective bargaining coverage rate 12.1 2020 down 4.0% 49th Employment in STEM occupations 30,981 2025 up 39.6% 1st Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 44.67 2024 up 31.2% 14th Share of children in child labour -- General Production Boundary 0.958 2023 up 27.1% 24th Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs 27.5 Rate 2023 down 6.5% 37th Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Labour force 34.93 million Persons 2023 up 6.8% 1st Annual net earnings 34,012 2023 up 68.6% 10th Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap 59.7 Rate 2023 down 15.6% 38th Annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children 33,848 Purchasing power standard (PPS) 2023 up 18.7% 9th Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap 27.7 Rate 2023 down 9.2% 38th Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 13th ICLS 4.3% 2025 down 18.9% 42nd Share of artificial intelligence jobs among all job postings 2.6% 2025 up 296.8% 9th Unemployment rate, by sex and age - 19th ICLS 4.3% 2025 down 18.9% 44th Unemployment rate in people with vs. without disability 4.1% 2025 down 19.7% 39th Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th 9.6% 2025 down 10.7% 39th Employment and labour force by sex and age - quarterly data 20,303 Thousand persons 2020 down 0.5% 1st Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings 18.1% 2016 down 5.7% 7th Unemployment rate, by sex and disability - 19th ICLS 4.3% 2025 down 18.9% 36th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment rates by 72.68 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 up 0.3% 15th Monthly minimum wage as a proportion of average monthly earnings (%) 36.7% 2009 down 3.9% 20th ← Previous Page 8 of 8