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Educational attainment, employment, and working from home, February–May 2021
October 08, 2021
The higher their education level, the more likely people born in the years 1980 to 1984 were to work for pay or profit in an average week from February to May 2021. At each level of education, men were more likely to work than women.
Percentage of people born in the years 1980 to 1984 who worked for pay in an average week, by educational attainment, February–May 2021
Educational attainment
Women
Men
Less than a high school diploma
43.2%
56.7%
General Educational Development (GED) credential
53.1
64.9
High school graduates, no college
63.7
75.8
Some college or associate degree
71.4
80.0
Bachelor's degree and higher
84.5
93.9
About 43 percent of women with less than a high school diploma worked in an average week, compared with 85 percent of women with a bachelor's degree or higher level of education. Among men, 57 percent with less than a high school diploma worked in an average week during these months, compared with almost 94 percent of men with a bachelor's degree or higher.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, some workers were encouraged to telework. Both men and women with higher levels of education were more likely to work from home at least some of the time than those with lower levels of education.
People born in the years 1980 to 1984 who worked from home in an average week, by educational attainment and sex, percent distribution, February–May 2021
Amount of work done from home
Less than a high school diploma
General Educational Development (GED) credential
High school graduates, no college
Some college or associate degree
Bachelor's degree and higher
Women
None
79.6%
78.6%
71.0%
59.1%
31.3%
Some
10.7
11.8
12.2
18.7
26.8
All
9.6
9.6
16.9
22.2
41.8
Men
None
84.3
79.3
79.6
64.2
32.9
Some
8.9
13.2
13.9
18.2
30.2
All
6.7
7.5
6.5
17.6
36.9
About 69 percent of women and 67 percent of men with a bachelor's degree or higher level of educational attainment did some or all of their work at home in an average week from February to May 2021.
In contrast, about 80 percent of women, and 84 percent of men, with less than a high school diploma never worked from home during these months. Among high school graduates, 71 percent of women and 80 percent of men, did none of their work at home.
United States Department of Labor
