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	July 2024	June 2025	July 2025	July 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	8,997	9,228	8,839	9,194	9,061	8,891	9,055	9,019	9,036
Participation rate	47.9	47.3	47.9	48.9	48.1	46.4	46.6	46.2	49.0
Employed	8,408	8,753	8,365	8,578	8,538	8,344	8,553	8,496	8,534
Employment-population ratio	44.8	44.8	45.4	45.7	45.3	43.6	44.0	43.5	46.3
Unemployed	589	475	474	616	523	546	502	522	501
Unemployment rate	6.5	5.1	5.4	6.7	5.8	6.1	5.5	5.8	5.5

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	36,537	36,289	36,103	36,686	36,023	36,525	36,460	36,569	36,255
Participation rate	56.7	56.7	56.2	56.9	56.4	56.7	56.6	57.1	56.5
Employed	34,832	34,916	34,487	34,985	34,538	35,069	34,836	35,124	34,658
Employment-population ratio	54.1	54.5	53.7	54.3	54.1	54.5	54.1	54.8	54.0
Unemployed	1,705	1,373	1,616	1,701	1,485	1,456	1,623	1,446	1,597
Unemployment rate	4.7	3.8	4.5	4.6	4.1	4.0	4.5	4.0	4.4

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,537	36,102	36,031	35,697	36,196	36,491	36,128	36,218	36,212
Participation rate	62.7	62.7	62.7	63.0	62.5	62.8	62.8	62.9	63.0
Employed	34,198	34,951	34,891	34,434	34,930	35,157	34,946	35,069	35,129
Employment-population ratio	60.4	60.7	60.7	60.8	60.3	60.5	60.8	60.9	61.1
Unemployed	1,339	1,151	1,140	1,263	1,266	1,334	1,181	1,149	1,083
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.2	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.3	3.2	3.0

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	65,086	66,266	67,011	65,248	66,752	66,666	66,744	66,761	67,178
Participation rate	72.5	71.5	71.4	72.7	72.0	72.7	72.3	72.0	71.5
Employed	63,340	64,486	64,940	63,719	65,014	65,005	65,022	65,089	65,339
Employment-population ratio	70.5	69.5	69.2	71.0	70.1	70.9	70.4	70.2	69.6
Unemployed	1,746	1,779	2,071	1,529	1,738	1,661	1,722	1,672	1,838
Unemployment rate	2.7	2.7	3.1	2.3	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.7
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: August 01, 2025