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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
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
Apr.
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force

 9,117 8,986 9,009 9,002 9,219 9,346 9,060 9,061 8,897

Participation rate

 47.5 47.7 47.1 46.9 47.6 47.4 48.3 48.1 46.5

Employed

 8,578 8,392 8,463 8,458 8,700 8,858 8,519 8,538 8,349

Employment-population ratio

 44.6 44.5 44.2 44.0 44.9 44.9 45.4 45.3 43.6

Unemployed

 539 594 546 544 519 487 541 523 548

Unemployment rate

 5.9 6.6 6.1 6.0 5.6 5.2 6.0 5.8 6.2

High school graduates, no college(1)

Civilian labor force

 36,273 36,176 36,619 36,203 35,931 36,582 36,215 36,023 36,514

Participation rate

 56.8 56.7 56.9 56.7 56.9 57.1 56.2 56.4 56.7

Employed

 34,890 34,576 35,234 34,754 34,376 34,954 34,676 34,538 35,056

Employment-population ratio

 54.6 54.2 54.7 54.4 54.5 54.5 53.8 54.1 54.4

Unemployed

 1,383 1,600 1,385 1,449 1,555 1,628 1,539 1,485 1,457

Unemployment rate

 3.8 4.4 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.0

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force

 36,251 36,350 36,654 36,147 35,652 36,049 36,423 36,196 36,473

Participation rate

 63.0 62.8 63.1 62.8 62.7 62.8 63.3 62.5 62.7

Employed

 35,114 35,044 35,390 34,942 34,409 34,774 35,155 34,930 35,140

Employment-population ratio

 61.0 60.5 60.9 60.7 60.5 60.5 61.1 60.3 60.4

Unemployed

 1,137 1,306 1,264 1,204 1,242 1,275 1,268 1,266 1,333

Unemployment rate

 3.1 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)

Civilian labor force

 64,406 67,120 66,599 64,482 65,687 66,334 66,292 66,752 66,662

Participation rate

 72.8 72.4 72.6 72.8 72.1 72.4 71.8 72.0 72.6

Employed

 63,127 65,404 65,068 63,074 64,079 64,831 64,655 65,014 65,003

Employment-population ratio

 71.3 70.5 70.9 71.3 70.3 70.7 70.1 70.1 70.8

Unemployed

 1,279 1,716 1,531 1,408 1,609 1,504 1,637 1,738 1,658

Unemployment rate

 2.0 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.5

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: May 02, 2025