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	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	8,627	7,922	7,841	8,659	8,395	8,267	8,314	8,126	7,885
Participation rate	47.3	44.4	44.5	47.5	45.0	44.0	43.1	45.5	44.7
Employed	8,092	7,518	7,522	8,078	7,860	7,768	7,856	7,688	7,513
Employment-population ratio	44.4	42.1	42.7	44.3	42.1	41.3	40.7	43.1	42.6
Unemployed	535	404	319	581	534	499	458	439	371
Unemployment rate	6.2	5.1	4.1	6.7	6.4	6.0	5.5	5.4	4.7

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	37,070	36,697	36,358	36,814	36,804	36,786	36,935	36,862	36,176
Participation rate	57.3	56.4	56.4	56.9	56.8	56.8	56.7	56.6	56.1
Employed	35,489	35,202	34,770	35,221	35,075	35,150	35,390	35,377	34,573
Employment-population ratio	54.8	54.1	53.9	54.4	54.1	54.3	54.4	54.3	53.6
Unemployed	1,582	1,495	1,588	1,594	1,730	1,637	1,546	1,484	1,603
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.1	4.4	4.3	4.7	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.4

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,797	35,801	35,703	36,228	35,395	35,893	35,425	35,934	36,059
Participation rate	62.9	61.2	61.2	63.6	61.2	62.0	61.4	61.4	61.8
Employed	34,570	34,438	34,320	35,056	34,276	34,593	34,160	34,632	34,740
Employment-population ratio	60.7	58.9	58.9	61.6	59.3	59.7	59.2	59.2	59.6
Unemployed	1,227	1,363	1,383	1,172	1,119	1,299	1,266	1,302	1,319
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.8	3.9	3.2	3.2	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	67,373	66,364	67,663	67,557	67,390	67,291	66,926	66,602	67,805
Participation rate	71.4	70.5	71.0	71.6	71.8	71.7	71.7	70.7	71.1
Employed	65,343	64,323	65,653	65,738	65,509	65,479	65,144	64,779	65,997
Employment-population ratio	69.3	68.3	68.8	69.7	69.8	69.7	69.8	68.8	69.2
Unemployed	2,030	2,042	2,010	1,818	1,881	1,813	1,782	1,823	1,807
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.1	3.0	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
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: September 04, 2026