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	May 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	May 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,310	8,498	8,514	9,054	8,863	8,539	8,578	8,395	8,267
Participation rate	47.9	45.5	45.3	46.6	45.7	46.8	46.7	45.0	44.0
Employed	8,860	7,965	8,072	8,549	8,392	8,063	8,076	7,860	7,768
Employment-population ratio	45.6	42.7	42.9	44.0	43.3	44.2	44.0	42.1	41.3
Unemployed	450	534	443	506	471	476	502	534	499
Unemployment rate	4.8	6.3	5.2	5.6	5.3	5.6	5.9	6.4	6.0

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	36,522	36,904	36,858	36,470	36,667	36,097	36,293	36,804	36,786
Participation rate	56.7	56.9	56.9	56.7	56.6	56.5	56.3	56.8	56.8
Employed	34,997	35,275	35,317	34,849	34,997	34,351	34,602	35,075	35,150
Employment-population ratio	54.4	54.4	54.6	54.1	54.0	53.8	53.7	54.1	54.3
Unemployed	1,526	1,629	1,541	1,620	1,670	1,746	1,691	1,730	1,637
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.4

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,869	35,490	35,595	36,151	35,889	36,338	35,992	35,395	35,893
Participation rate	62.4	61.4	61.4	62.9	61.3	61.9	61.8	61.2	62.0
Employed	34,766	34,428	34,380	34,970	34,598	35,057	34,714	34,276	34,593
Employment-population ratio	60.5	59.6	59.3	60.8	59.1	59.8	59.6	59.3	59.7
Unemployed	1,103	1,062	1,215	1,181	1,292	1,281	1,278	1,119	1,299
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.0	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.2	3.6

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	66,678	67,301	67,184	66,749	67,020	67,234	67,265	67,390	67,291
Participation rate	72.2	71.7	71.6	72.3	72.8	71.4	71.5	71.8	71.7
Employed	65,066	65,567	65,506	65,018	65,025	65,216	65,364	65,509	65,479
Employment-population ratio	70.5	69.8	69.8	70.4	70.6	69.3	69.5	69.8	69.7
Unemployed	1,612	1,735	1,679	1,731	1,995	2,018	1,900	1,881	1,813
Unemployment rate	2.4	2.6	2.5	2.6	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.8	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: June 05, 2026