Disability and occupational projections, Monthly Labor Review Online, October 2010

Disability and occupational projections

Table 14. Disability and occupational projections, by occupational educational requirement and wage level, 2008 and 2018 (projected)
[Numbers in thousands]
Wage and education level	Employment, 2008		Percent distribution, 2008		Change, 2008-18		Percent distribution of change
Wage and education level	Total	People with disabilities	Total	People with disabilities	Total	People with disabilities	Total	People with disabilities
All occupations	150,932	9,176	100.0	100.0	15,274	825	100.0	100.0
Median wage in occupation
Very low	31,178	2,446	20.7	26.7	3,289	326	21.5	39.5
Low	40,828	2,850	27.1	31.1	3,742	282	24.5	34.2
High	46,586	2,603	30.9	28.4	3,448	222	22.6	26.9
Very high	32,225	1,270	21.4	13.8	5,116	233	33.5	28.3
Most significant source of education or training
No college degree	113,486	7,671	75.2	83.6	9,392	596	61.5	72.3
Short-term on-the-job training	49,122	3,692	32.5	40.2	3,386	255	22.2	30.9
Moderate-term on-the-job training	32,113	2,120	21.3	23.1	2,742	154	18.0	18.6
Long-term on-the-job training	9,995	608	6.6	6.6	763	35	5.0	4.2
Work experience in a related occupation	12,531	632	8.3	6.9	882	44	5.8	5.3
Postsecondary vocational award	9,725	619	6.4	6.7	1,619	109	10.6	13.2
College degree or higher	37,447	1,505	24.8	16.4	5,882	229	38.5	27.7
Associate's degree	5,028	201	3.3	2.2	980	37	6.4	4.4
Bachelor's degree	19,708	806	13.1	8.8	3,255	131	21.3	15.8
Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience	6,214	240	4.1	2.6	522	20	3.4	2.4
Master's degree	2,338	115	1.5	1.3	425	19	2.8	2.3
First professional degree	2,052	64	1.4	0.7	355	11	2.3	1.3
Doctoral degree	2,105	79	1.4	0.9	346	12	2.3	1.5
NOTE: Calculations assume that the percentage of workers with disabilities stays constant within each occupation.

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