E-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Educational attainment	2021				2022				2023				2024
Educational attainment	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,015	8,896	9,227	8,890	8,919	9,179	8,880	8,975	9,045	9,139	9,141	9,396	9,126
Participation rate	45.1	43.3	46.2	45.7	45.6	44.3	45.9	45.9	46.9	46.2	47.5	47.9	47.2
Employed	8,188	8,046	8,466	8,353	8,444	8,683	8,358	8,509	8,587	8,615	8,647	8,827	8,608
Employment-population ratio	40.9	39.1	42.3	42.9	43.2	41.9	43.2	43.6	44.5	43.6	44.9	45.0	44.6
Unemployed	827	850	761	537	475	497	522	466	458	524	494	569	518
Unemployment rate	9.2	9.6	8.2	6.0	5.3	5.4	5.9	5.2	5.1	5.7	5.4	6.1	5.7

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	34,224	34,895	35,221	35,620	36,747	36,122	35,480	35,310	35,895	35,961	36,139	35,725	36,255
Participation rate	54.6	55.6	55.5	55.6	56.6	56.7	56.2	56.0	56.1	56.8	56.6	57.1	57.1
Employed	31,854	32,463	33,120	33,847	35,158	34,772	34,101	33,965	34,534	34,551	34,774	34,257	34,733
Employment-population ratio	50.8	51.7	52.2	52.9	54.1	54.6	54.0	53.9	54.0	54.5	54.5	54.8	54.7
Unemployed	2,370	2,431	2,101	1,773	1,589	1,350	1,379	1,345	1,361	1,410	1,365	1,469	1,522
Unemployment rate	6.9	7.0	6.0	5.0	4.3	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.8	4.1	4.2

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,595	35,910	35,793	35,419	35,440	35,752	35,550	35,822	35,985	35,574	35,836	35,809	36,224
Participation rate	62.8	63.3	63.1	62.7	63.4	63.3	62.7	62.7	63.5	62.9	62.9	62.3	63.1
Employed	33,482	33,804	34,075	34,056	34,222	34,614	34,524	34,729	34,890	34,498	34,738	34,727	35,039
Employment-population ratio	59.1	59.6	60.1	60.3	61.3	61.3	60.9	60.8	61.6	61.0	61.0	60.4	61.0
Unemployed	2,113	2,106	1,719	1,364	1,218	1,138	1,027	1,093	1,095	1,077	1,097	1,082	1,186
Unemployment rate	5.9	5.9	4.8	3.8	3.4	3.2	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.3

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	60,792	60,643	60,654	61,210	61,909	62,025	63,426	63,205	63,313	64,149	64,422	64,417	64,213
Participation rate	72.1	72.3	72.0	72.2	72.8	73.1	72.9	72.7	72.8	73.2	73.4	72.6	72.4
Employed	58,459	58,613	58,949	59,833	60,596	60,780	62,220	61,969	62,027	62,876	63,049	63,052	62,819
Employment-population ratio	69.4	69.9	70.0	70.5	71.2	71.7	71.5	71.3	71.3	71.8	71.8	71.1	70.8
Unemployed	2,333	2,030	1,705	1,377	1,313	1,244	1,205	1,236	1,286	1,273	1,373	1,365	1,393
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2
Footnotes (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Detail for the data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals for those 25 years and over because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: April 05, 2024