workforce

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   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 an interview.

3. 3
   noun

   the force of workers available

Etymology

From work + force.