In 2024, about 58.51 million women were employed on a full-time basis in the United States. This is a slight decrease from the previous year when there were only 58.56 million full-time employed women in the U.S.
Number of full-time employed women in the United States from 1990 to 2024
(in millions)
Characteristic
Number of women in millions
'24
58.51
'23
58.56
'22
57.77
'21
55.65
'20
53.73
'19
56.77
'18
55.64
'17
54.4
'16
53.19
'15
52.14
'14
50.89
'13
49.98
'12
49.33
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (February 15, 2025). Number of full-time employed women in the United States from 1990 to 2024 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/192354/number-of-full-time-employed-women-in-the-us-since-1990/
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