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Employment rate in Idaho

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points 10 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Idaho United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 74.4% +2.0 pp since 2023
Regions of United States · 2024 10 of 51 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +4.9 pp
vs United States +4.1 pp United States: 70.3% · 2024
Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · Idaho · United States
+4.9 pp since 2014
Idaho United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Idaho
74.4%
United States
70.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Idaho · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 74.4% · 2024
First value 74.8% · 2000
Highest 75.9% · 2001
Lowest 67.2% · 2013
Data points 25

By year

All years · 2000 – 2024

YearIdahoChange United States
2024 74.4% +2.0 pp 70.3%
2023 72.4% −0.8 pp 70.9%
2022 73.2% +2.0 pp 70.0%
2021 71.2% −0.7 pp 67.7%
2020 71.9% −1.7 pp 67.1%
2019 73.6% +0.3 pp 70.1%
2018 73.3% +1.1 pp 69.4%
2017 72.2% +1.2 pp 68.8%
2016 71.0% −0.2 pp 68.1%
2015 71.2% +1.7 pp 67.4%
2014 69.5% +2.3 pp 68.1%
2013 67.2% −2.6 pp 67.4%
2012 69.8% +2.2 pp 67.1%
2011 67.6% −0.2 pp 66.6%
2010 67.8% −0.8 pp 66.7%
2009 68.6% −3.9 pp 67.6%
2008 72.5% −3.2 pp 70.9%
2007 75.7% +0.7 pp 71.8%
2006 75.0% −0.6 pp 72.0%
2005 75.6% +2.1 pp 71.5%
2004 73.5% −0.6 pp 71.2%
2003 74.1% −0.4 pp 71.2%
2002 74.5% −1.4 pp 71.9%
2001 75.9% +1.1 pp 73.1%
2000 74.8% 74.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 Nebraska 78.2%
2 South Dakota 77.5%
3 Wisconsin 75.7%
4 Minnesota 75.5%
5 Iowa 75.5%
6 North Dakota 74.8%
7 Utah 73.6%
8 Kansas 73.0%
9 Colorado 72.8%
10 New Hampshire 72.7%
11 Montana 72.2%
12 District of Columbia 71.8%
13 Wyoming 71.3%
14 Massachusetts 71.3%
15 Idaho 71.2%
16 Maryland 70.5%
17 Missouri 70.5%
18 Vermont 70.3%
19 Arizona 70.2%
20 Oregon 70.2%
21 Washington 69.7%
22 Delaware 69.7%
23 Illinois 69.6%
24 Virginia 69.6%
25 Indiana 69.5%
26 Maine 69.4%
27 Rhode Island 69.4%
28 Ohio 68.8%
29 Connecticut 68.6%
30 Florida 68.1%
31 New Jersey 68.1%
32 Pennsylvania 68.0%
33 Tennessee 67.8%
34 Georgia 67.4%
35 Oklahoma 66.6%
36 Texas 66.1%
37 Michigan 65.8%
38 South Carolina 65.4%
39 North Carolina 64.9%
40 California 64.6%
41 Alaska 64.6%
42 Alabama 64.3%
43 New York 64.2%
44 Hawaii 63.9%
45 Kentucky 63.7%
46 Arkansas 63.7%
47 Nevada 63.6%
48 West Virginia 63.3%
49 Louisiana 62.4%
50 New Mexico 62.1%
51 Mississippi 60.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2021

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.