Number of full-time employees U.S. 2025| Statista

Number of full-time employees in the United States from 1990 to 2025 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of employees in millions
2025*	134.93
2024	133.36
2023	134.06
2022	132.25
2021	127.16
2020	123.19
2019	130.6
2018	128.57
2017	125.97
2016	123.76
2015	121.49
2014	118.72
2013	116.31
2012	114.81
2011	112.56
2010	111.71
2009	112.63
2008	120.03
2007	121.09
2006	119.69
2005	117.02
2004	114.52
2003	113.32
2002	112.7
2001	113.57
2000	113.85
1999	110.3
1998	108.2
1997	106.33
1996	103.54
1995	101.68
1994	99.77
1993	99.11
1992	97.66
1991	97.19
1990	98.67

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January 2026

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United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2025

Supplementary notes

*Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

In line with the definition of the BLS, full-time is 35 hours or more per week.

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In 2025, about 135 million people were employed in the United States on a full-time basis, recording the highest figure in the observed period.

Employment in the U.S.

In 1990, the United States had about 98.7 million full-time employees, a figure that has risen to over 130 million in recent years. Following the economic recession, the number of full-time employees declined sharply, falling to around 111.7 million in 2010, while part-time employment increased substantially. By the end of 2025, there were around 29 million part-time employees in the country. Full-time employment is typically associated with benefits that are not usually offered to part-time workers, such as health insurance and annual leave.

Salaries nationwide

Salaries in the United States vary widely by ethnicity and gender. In 2023, the median weekly earnings of full-time salaried workers were 1,474 U.S. dollars for the Asian population, compared to 920 U.S. dollars for the Black or African American population. In the same year, female salaried workers earned a median hourly wage of 18.11 U.S. dollars, while male workers earned 20.16 U.S. dollars per hour. The federal minimum wage has been set at 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour since 2009.