workforce

Noun

1. All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project.
   • The rail sector's ageing workforce (28% of workers are over 50 years old) means that about 15,000 people could retire from the industry by 2025. - 2020 December 2, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Success of major...
   • But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices. - 2025 February 1, Tami Luhby, Eric Bradner and Rene Marsh,...
2. The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
   • “There is no question the US economy will get smaller as you deport a lot of the workforce,” Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said in...