| Occupation and education |
All employed |
High school or less |
Some college, no degree |
Associate's degree |
Bachelor's degree |
Graduate degree |
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| No disability | Disability | No disability | Disability | No disability | Disability | No disability | Disability | No disability | Disability | No disability | Disability | |
Total |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Occupation |
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Management |
9.8 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 15.1 |
Management related |
4.5 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.9 | (1)4.9 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 6.1 |
Professional/technical |
21.2 | 14.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 12.9 | 11.8 | 27.6 | 23.7 | 36.4 | 33.5 | 62.3 | 59.2 |
Administrative support |
13.8 | (1)14.0 | 13.9 | 12.2 | 20.4 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 18.7 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
Sales |
11.3 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 9.8 | (1)9.7 | 12.7 | (1)12.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
Service |
16.8 | 21.8 | 24.6 | 28.2 | 19.7 | 20.8 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry |
1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 | (1)1.0 | 0.8 | (1).7 | 0.6 | (1).8 | 0.3 | (1).2 |
Construction and extraction |
5.9 | (1)6.1 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 5.2 | (1)5.3 | 3.7 | (1)3.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
Production and repair |
9.6 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 9.2 | (1)10.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
Transportation |
6.0 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
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All blue collar |
22.6 | 28.5 | 38.8 | 39.6 | 21.6 | 24.6 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
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Education |
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No high school degree |
10.9 | 16.9 | 29.7 | 34.4 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
High school degree |
25.8 | 32.3 | 70.3 | 65.6 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | |
Some college, no degree |
24.3 | 25.4 | … | … | 100.0 | 100.0 | … | … | … | … | … | |
Associate's degree |
8.4 | 7.7 | … | … | … | … | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||
Bachelor's degree |
19.7 | 11.3 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
Graduate degree |
10.9 | 6.5 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 100.0 | 100.0 |
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Sample size |
1,347,941 | 87,038 | 470,377 | 42,460 | 320,074 | 21,742 | 117,235 | 6,750 | 277,485 | 9,949 | 162,770 | 6,137 |
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Footnotes: |
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SOURCE: Based on 2008 American Community Survey of all working-age (18-64 years) people conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. |
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