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	June 2025	May 2026	June 2026	June 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,228	8,514	8,516	9,019	8,539	8,578	8,395	8,267	8,314
Participation rate	47.3	45.3	44.2	46.2	46.8	46.7	45.0	44.0	43.1
Employed	8,753	8,072	8,112	8,493	8,063	8,076	7,860	7,768	7,856
Employment-population ratio	44.8	42.9	42.1	43.5	44.2	44.0	42.1	41.3	40.7
Unemployed	475	443	404	526	476	502	534	499	458
Unemployment rate	5.1	5.2	4.7	5.8	5.6	5.9	6.4	6.0	5.5

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	36,289	36,858	36,683	36,570	36,097	36,293	36,804	36,786	36,935
Participation rate	56.7	56.9	56.3	57.1	56.5	56.3	56.8	56.8	56.7
Employed	34,916	35,317	35,227	35,117	34,351	34,602	35,075	35,150	35,390
Employment-population ratio	54.5	54.6	54.1	54.8	53.8	53.7	54.1	54.3	54.4
Unemployed	1,373	1,541	1,455	1,453	1,746	1,691	1,730	1,637	1,546
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.2	4.0	4.0	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.4	4.2

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	36,102	35,595	35,227	36,231	36,338	35,992	35,395	35,893	35,425
Participation rate	62.7	61.4	61.0	63.0	61.9	61.8	61.2	62.0	61.4
Employed	34,951	34,380	33,963	35,078	35,057	34,714	34,276	34,593	34,160
Employment-population ratio	60.7	59.3	58.8	61.0	59.8	59.6	59.3	59.7	59.2
Unemployed	1,151	1,215	1,264	1,153	1,281	1,278	1,119	1,299	1,266
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.4	3.6	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.2	3.6	3.6

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	66,266	67,184	66,347	66,777	67,234	67,265	67,390	67,291	66,926
Participation rate	71.5	71.6	71.1	72.0	71.4	71.5	71.8	71.7	71.7
Employed	64,486	65,506	64,491	65,087	65,216	65,364	65,509	65,479	65,144
Employment-population ratio	69.5	69.8	69.1	70.2	69.3	69.5	69.8	69.7	69.8
Unemployed	1,779	1,679	1,856	1,690	2,018	1,900	1,881	1,813	1,782
Unemployment rate	2.7	2.5	2.8	2.5	3.0	2.8	2.8	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: July 02, 2026