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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
49. Certification and licensing status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by employment status, 2025 annual averages
Employment status Number of people (in thousands) Percent distribution
Total With a certification or license(1) Without a
certification
or license		 Total With a certification or license(1) Without a
certification
or license
Total With a
certification,
but no
license		 With a
license(2)		 Total With a
certification,
but no
license		 With a
license(2)

Civilian noninstitutional population

 273,653 46,107 4,828 41,279 227,546 100.0 16.8 1.8 15.1 83.2

Civilian labor force

 170,807 40,156 4,175 35,981 130,651 100.0 23.5 2.4 21.1 76.5

Employed

 163,493 39,294 4,037 35,257 124,199 100.0 24.0 2.5 21.6 76.0

Usually work full time

 134,927 33,771 3,570 30,201 101,156 100.0 25.0 2.6 22.4 75.0

Usually work part time

 28,566 5,523 467 5,056 23,042 100.0 19.3 1.6 17.7 80.7

Unemployed

 7,314 862 138 724 6,453 100.0 11.8 1.9 9.9 88.2

Not in the labor force

 102,846 5,951 653 5,298 96,895 100.0 5.8 0.6 5.2 94.2

Footnotes
(1) A person may have more than one certification or license.
(2) People with a license may also have a certification.

NOTE: Certifications are issued by a non-governmental certification body and convey that an individual has the knowledge or skill to perform a specific job. A license is awarded by a government agency and conveys a legal authority to work in an occupation. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

 

Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026