Certification and licensing status of employed people 16 years and over by selected characteristics : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
51. Certification and licensing status of employed people 16 years and over by selected characteristics, 2025 annual averages
Characteristic	Number of people (in thousands)					Percent distribution
	Total employed	With a certification or license(1)			Without a certification or license	Total employed	With a certification or license(1)			Without a certification or license
	Total employed	Total	With a certification, but no license	With a license(2)	Without a certification or license	Total employed	Total	With a certification, but no license	With a license(2)	Without a certification or license
Age and sex
Total, 16 years and over	163,493	39,294	4,037	35,257	124,199	100.0	24.0	2.5	21.6	76.0
16 to 24 years	19,898	2,178	235	1,943	17,720	100.0	10.9	1.2	9.8	89.1
25 to 54 years	105,616	27,222	2,898	24,324	78,393	100.0	25.8	2.7	23.0	74.2
25 to 34 years	36,276	8,331	903	7,429	27,944	100.0	23.0	2.5	20.5	77.0
35 to 44 years	37,036	9,901	1,090	8,811	27,136	100.0	26.7	2.9	23.8	73.3
45 to 54 years	32,304	8,990	906	8,084	23,313	100.0	27.8	2.8	25.0	72.2
55 years and over	37,979	9,894	904	8,990	28,085	100.0	26.1	2.4	23.7	73.9
55 to 64 years	26,605	6,909	676	6,232	19,696	100.0	26.0	2.5	23.4	74.0
65 years and over	11,374	2,985	227	2,758	8,389	100.0	26.2	2.0	24.2	73.8

Men, 16 years and over	86,562	18,290	2,328	15,962	68,272	100.0	21.1	2.7	18.4	78.9
16 to 24 years	10,068	922	134	787	9,147	100.0	9.2	1.3	7.8	90.8
25 to 54 years	56,157	12,368	1,673	10,695	43,789	100.0	22.0	3.0	19.0	78.0
25 to 34 years	19,304	3,661	527	3,134	15,643	100.0	19.0	2.7	16.2	81.0
35 to 44 years	19,860	4,555	636	3,919	15,305	100.0	22.9	3.2	19.7	77.1
45 to 54 years	16,993	4,151	509	3,642	12,842	100.0	24.4	3.0	21.4	75.6
55 years and over	20,337	5,001	521	4,480	15,336	100.0	24.6	2.6	22.0	75.4
55 to 64 years	14,056	3,342	379	2,963	10,714	100.0	23.8	2.7	21.1	76.2
65 years and over	6,280	1,658	142	1,516	4,622	100.0	26.4	2.3	24.1	73.6

Women, 16 years and over	76,931	21,004	1,709	19,295	55,927	100.0	27.3	2.2	25.1	72.7
16 to 24 years	9,830	1,256	101	1,156	8,574	100.0	12.8	1.0	11.8	87.2
25 to 54 years	49,459	14,855	1,226	13,629	34,604	100.0	30.0	2.5	27.6	70.0
25 to 34 years	16,972	4,670	375	4,295	12,302	100.0	27.5	2.2	25.3	72.5
35 to 44 years	17,177	5,346	454	4,892	11,831	100.0	31.1	2.6	28.5	68.9
45 to 54 years	15,310	4,839	397	4,442	10,471	100.0	31.6	2.6	29.0	68.4
55 years and over	17,642	4,893	383	4,510	12,749	100.0	27.7	2.2	25.6	72.3
55 to 64 years	12,549	3,566	297	3,269	8,983	100.0	28.4	2.4	26.1	71.6
65 years and over	5,093	1,327	86	1,241	3,766	100.0	26.1	1.7	24.4	73.9

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White, 16 years and over	123,766	30,499	3,058	27,441	93,267	100.0	24.6	2.5	22.2	75.4
Men	66,473	14,504	1,775	12,729	51,970	100.0	21.8	2.7	19.1	78.2
Women	57,293	15,996	1,283	14,713	41,297	100.0	27.9	2.2	25.7	72.1
Black or African American, 16 years and over	20,823	4,714	435	4,279	16,110	100.0	22.6	2.1	20.5	77.4
Men	10,130	1,928	229	1,699	8,201	100.0	19.0	2.3	16.8	81.0
Women	10,694	2,785	206	2,579	7,908	100.0	26.0	1.9	24.1	74.0
Asian, 16 years and over	12,238	2,615	346	2,269	9,622	100.0	21.4	2.8	18.5	78.6
Men	6,453	1,158	212	945	5,295	100.0	17.9	3.3	14.7	82.1
Women	5,785	1,457	134	1,324	4,327	100.0	25.2	2.3	22.9	74.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	32,743	5,286	556	4,731	27,457	100.0	16.1	1.7	14.4	83.9
Men	18,267	2,598	340	2,258	15,669	100.0	14.2	1.9	12.4	85.8
Women	14,476	2,688	216	2,472	11,788	100.0	18.6	1.5	17.1	81.4

Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over	143,595	37,116	3,802	33,314	106,479	100.0	25.8	2.6	23.2	74.2
Less than a high school diploma	8,454	654	65	589	7,801	100.0	7.7	0.8	7.0	92.3
High school graduates, no college(3)	34,953	5,082	460	4,621	29,871	100.0	14.5	1.3	13.2	85.5
Some college or associate degree	35,029	9,244	984	8,259	25,785	100.0	26.4	2.8	23.6	73.6
Some college, no degree	18,934	3,997	491	3,506	14,937	100.0	21.1	2.6	18.5	78.9
Associate degree	16,094	5,247	494	4,754	10,847	100.0	32.6	3.1	29.5	67.4
Bachelor's degree and higher	65,159	22,137	2,292	19,844	43,022	100.0	34.0	3.5	30.5	66.0
Bachelor's degree only	39,648	10,645	1,369	9,276	29,002	100.0	26.8	3.5	23.4	73.2
Advanced degree(4)	25,511	11,491	923	10,568	14,020	100.0	45.0	3.6	41.4	55.0

Men, 25 years and over	76,494	17,368	2,194	15,175	59,125	100.0	22.7	2.9	19.8	77.3
Less than a high school diploma	5,482	436	49	387	5,046	100.0	8.0	0.9	7.1	92.0
High school graduates, no college(3)	21,027	3,208	323	2,885	17,819	100.0	15.3	1.5	13.7	84.7
Some college or associate degree	18,114	4,525	582	3,943	13,588	100.0	25.0	3.2	21.8	75.0
Some college, no degree	10,219	2,207	312	1,895	8,012	100.0	21.6	3.1	18.5	78.4
Associate degree	7,894	2,318	270	2,048	5,576	100.0	29.4	3.4	25.9	70.6
Bachelor's degree and higher	31,870	9,198	1,239	7,959	22,672	100.0	28.9	3.9	25.0	71.1
Bachelor's degree only	19,933	4,617	757	3,860	15,316	100.0	23.2	3.8	19.4	76.8
Advanced degree(4)	11,937	4,581	482	4,100	7,356	100.0	38.4	4.0	34.3	61.6

Women, 25 years and over	67,101	19,748	1,608	18,139	47,353	100.0	29.4	2.4	27.0	70.6
Less than a high school diploma	2,972	218	16	202	2,754	100.0	7.3	0.5	6.8	92.7
High school graduates, no college(3)	13,926	1,873	137	1,736	12,052	100.0	13.5	1.0	12.5	86.5
Some college or associate degree	16,915	4,718	402	4,316	12,196	100.0	27.9	2.4	25.5	72.1
Some college, no degree	8,715	1,789	179	1,611	6,925	100.0	20.5	2.0	18.5	79.5
Associate degree	8,200	2,929	223	2,705	5,271	100.0	35.7	2.7	33.0	64.3
Bachelor's degree and higher	33,289	12,938	1,053	11,885	20,350	100.0	38.9	3.2	35.7	61.1
Bachelor's degree only	19,715	6,028	612	5,417	13,686	100.0	30.6	3.1	27.5	69.4
Advanced degree(4)	13,574	6,910	441	6,469	6,664	100.0	50.9	3.3	47.7	49.1
Footnotes (1) A person may have more than one certification or license. (2) People with a license may also have a certification. (3) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (4) Includes people with master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
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. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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