就业率，根据经济合作与发展组织（OECD）的定义，就业率为用于测量可工作年龄的人口（15岁至64岁）中雇员的比率，即就业人数与人口的比率。根据国际劳工组织（ILO）的定义，当一个人在最近的一周内，如果在“可收获的”岗位上工作了一小时以上，即为被雇佣（英语：Employed）。就业率可衡量一个经济体创作工作岗位的能力，因此通常与失业率共同用于评估劳动雇佣市场的状况。

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development defines the employment rate as the employment-to-population ratio. This is a statistical ratio that measures the proportion of the country's working-age population (ages 16 to****in most OECD countries) that is employed. This includes people that have stopped looking for work. The International Labour Organization states that a person is considered employed if they have worked at least 1 hour in "gainful" employment in the most recent week.