Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

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Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment [Numbers in thousands]
Educational attainment	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Educational attainment	Mar. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	8,986	8,218	8,501	9,058	8,871	9,014	8,863	8,539	8,578
Participation rate	47.7	45.1	46.3	48.1	46.7	46.7	45.7	46.8	46.7
Employed	8,392	7,628	7,928	8,533	8,269	8,507	8,392	8,063	8,076
Employment-population ratio	44.5	41.8	43.2	45.3	43.5	44.1	43.3	44.2	44.0
Unemployed	594	590	573	525	602	507	471	476	502
Unemployment rate	6.6	7.2	6.7	5.8	6.8	5.6	5.3	5.6	5.9

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	36,176	36,154	36,384	36,065	37,153	36,675	36,667	36,097	36,293
Participation rate	56.7	56.6	56.5	56.5	57.9	57.4	56.6	56.5	56.3
Employed	34,576	34,229	34,574	34,567	35,529	35,207	34,997	34,351	34,602
Employment-population ratio	54.2	53.6	53.7	54.2	55.4	55.1	54.0	53.8	53.7
Unemployed	1,600	1,925	1,811	1,498	1,624	1,468	1,670	1,746	1,691
Unemployment rate	4.4	5.3	5.0	4.2	4.4	4.0	4.6	4.8	4.7

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	36,350	36,534	36,080	36,204	36,272	36,455	35,889	36,338	35,992
Participation rate	62.8	62.3	61.9	62.5	61.9	61.8	61.3	61.9	61.8
Employed	35,044	35,149	34,757	34,944	34,996	35,085	34,598	35,057	34,714
Employment-population ratio	60.5	59.9	59.7	60.4	59.7	59.4	59.1	59.8	59.6
Unemployed	1,306	1,384	1,323	1,260	1,275	1,370	1,292	1,281	1,278
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.6

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	67,120	67,677	67,609	66,747	67,196	67,419	67,020	67,234	67,265
Participation rate	72.4	71.9	71.9	72.0	72.2	72.6	72.8	71.4	71.5
Employed	65,404	65,625	65,740	65,006	65,250	65,555	65,025	65,216	65,364
Employment-population ratio	70.5	69.7	69.9	70.1	70.1	70.6	70.6	69.3	69.5
Unemployed	1,716	2,052	1,869	1,742	1,945	1,863	1,995	2,018	1,900
Unemployment rate	2.6	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.9	2.8	3.0	3.0	2.8
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals for those 25 years and over because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: April 03, 2026