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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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Certification and licensing status of the employed by industry and class of worker
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| Industry and class of worker | Total employed | Percent distribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total employed | With a certification or license(1) | Without a certification or license | ||||
| Total | With a certification, but no license | With a license(2) | ||||
| Total, 16 years and over | 163,493 | 100.0 | 24.0 | 2.5 | 21.6 | 76.0 |
| Industry | ||||||
| Agriculture and related industries | 2,225 | 100.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 87.0 |
| Nonagricultural industries | 161,268 | 100.0 | 24.2 | 2.5 | 21.7 | 75.8 |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 531 | 100.0 | 20.1 | 2.7 | 17.4 | 79.9 |
| Construction | 12,121 | 100.0 | 20.4 | 1.9 | 18.4 | 79.6 |
| Manufacturing | 15,134 | 100.0 | 10.1 | 2.2 | 7.9 | 89.9 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,985 | 100.0 | 11.4 | 1.8 | 9.6 | 88.6 |
| Retail trade | 16,631 | 100.0 | 9.8 | 1.5 | 8.4 | 90.2 |
| Transportation and utilities | 10,209 | 100.0 | 20.1 | 1.8 | 18.3 | 79.9 |
| Information | 2,786 | 100.0 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 90.9 |
| Financial activities | 11,187 | 100.0 | 31.4 | 4.1 | 27.3 | 68.6 |
| Professional and business services | 22,075 | 100.0 | 20.1 | 3.4 | 16.7 | 79.9 |
| Education and health services | 37,955 | 100.0 | 44.7 | 2.7 | 42.0 | 55.3 |
| Leisure and hospitality | 13,950 | 100.0 | 10.0 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 90.0 |
| Other services | 7,760 | 100.0 | 25.6 | 3.0 | 22.6 | 74.4 |
| Public administration | 7,944 | 100.0 | 29.1 | 2.2 | 27.0 | 70.9 |
| Class of worker(3) | ||||||
| Wage and salary workers(4) | 153,597 | 100.0 | 23.9 | 2.5 | 21.4 | 76.1 |
| Private industries | 131,643 | 100.0 | 21.6 | 2.6 | 19.0 | 78.4 |
| Government | 21,954 | 100.0 | 37.7 | 1.9 | 35.8 | 62.3 |
| Federal | 4,071 | 100.0 | 22.6 | 2.7 | 19.9 | 77.4 |
| State | 7,761 | 100.0 | 38.0 | 1.6 | 36.4 | 62.0 |
| Local | 10,122 | 100.0 | 43.6 | 1.8 | 41.8 | 56.4 |
| Self-employed workers, unincorporated | 9,836 | 100.0 | 26.4 | 2.2 | 24.2 | 73.6 |
| Footnotes | ||||||
| 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. 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