Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

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Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment [Numbers in thousands]
Educational attainment	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Educational attainment	Mar. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	8,864	8,746	8,986	8,936	9,074	9,219	9,346	9,060	9,061
Participation rate	46.0	46.6	47.7	46.4	47.2	47.6	47.4	48.3	48.1
Employed	8,349	8,087	8,392	8,493	8,530	8,700	8,858	8,519	8,538
Employment-population ratio	43.4	43.1	44.5	44.1	44.3	44.9	44.9	45.4	45.3
Unemployed	514	659	594	443	544	519	487	541	523
Unemployment rate	5.8	7.5	6.6	5.0	6.0	5.6	5.2	6.0	5.8

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	36,504	36,329	36,176	36,351	36,038	35,931	36,582	36,215	36,023
Participation rate	57.5	56.4	56.7	57.2	56.9	56.9	57.1	56.2	56.4
Employed	34,889	34,634	34,576	34,855	34,380	34,376	34,954	34,676	34,538
Employment-population ratio	54.9	53.7	54.2	54.9	54.3	54.5	54.5	53.8	54.1
Unemployed	1,615	1,695	1,600	1,496	1,658	1,555	1,628	1,539	1,485
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.7	4.4	4.1	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.2	4.1

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	36,198	36,592	36,350	36,099	35,658	35,652	36,049	36,423	36,196
Participation rate	63.3	63.6	62.8	63.1	62.5	62.7	62.8	63.3	62.5
Employed	34,934	35,218	35,044	34,873	34,370	34,409	34,774	35,155	34,930
Employment-population ratio	61.1	61.2	60.5	61.0	60.2	60.5	60.5	61.1	60.3
Unemployed	1,264	1,374	1,306	1,226	1,288	1,242	1,275	1,268	1,266
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.8	3.6	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	64,820	66,785	67,120	64,506	65,763	65,687	66,334	66,292	66,752
Participation rate	72.8	72.4	72.4	72.4	72.5	72.1	72.4	71.8	72.0
Employed	63,469	65,111	65,404	63,119	64,149	64,079	64,831	64,655	65,014
Employment-population ratio	71.2	70.6	70.5	70.9	70.7	70.3	70.7	70.1	70.1
Unemployed	1,351	1,675	1,716	1,388	1,614	1,609	1,504	1,637	1,738
Unemployment rate	2.1	2.5	2.6	2.2	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.6
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted 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.

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Last Modified Date: April 04, 2025