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. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Aug. 2021	Apr. 2022	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug. 2022
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,188	8,739	8,623	9,185	9,207	9,194	9,210	8,924	8,646
Participation rate	45.9	45.3	45.2	45.9	44.4	44.0	44.7	46.2	45.4
Employed	8,542	8,248	8,153	8,469	8,713	8,719	8,680	8,398	8,110
Employment-population ratio	42.7	42.7	42.8	42.3	42.0	41.8	42.2	43.5	42.5
Unemployed	646	491	469	716	494	475	530	526	536
Unemployment rate	7.0	5.6	5.4	7.8	5.4	5.2	5.8	5.9	6.2

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	35,571	35,154	35,903	35,409	36,464	36,118	35,985	35,386	35,798
Participation rate	55.7	55.8	56.6	55.4	56.8	56.8	56.8	56.1	56.4
Employed	33,473	33,890	34,354	33,337	35,064	34,760	34,679	34,113	34,284
Employment-population ratio	52.4	53.8	54.1	52.2	54.6	54.7	54.8	54.1	54.0
Unemployed	2,098	1,264	1,549	2,072	1,401	1,358	1,305	1,273	1,514
Unemployment rate	5.9	3.6	4.3	5.9	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	4.2

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,502	35,489	35,262	35,757	35,540	35,787	35,707	35,575	35,586
Participation rate	63.0	62.4	62.4	63.5	63.4	63.5	62.6	62.6	63.0
Employed	33,611	34,416	34,147	34,000	34,445	34,565	34,585	34,563	34,538
Employment-population ratio	59.7	60.5	60.5	60.4	61.4	61.3	60.6	60.8	61.2
Unemployed	1,890	1,072	1,115	1,757	1,095	1,222	1,122	1,012	1,048
Unemployment rate	5.3	3.0	3.2	4.9	3.1	3.4	3.1	2.8	2.9

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	60,321	62,997	63,343	60,736	61,705	62,295	62,098	63,380	63,701
Participation rate	71.7	72.5	72.6	72.2	72.9	73.3	73.1	73.0	73.1
Employed	58,441	61,521	61,949	59,074	60,459	61,078	60,800	62,094	62,519
Employment-population ratio	69.5	70.8	71.0	70.2	71.5	71.9	71.6	71.5	71.7
Unemployed	1,880	1,476	1,394	1,662	1,247	1,217	1,297	1,286	1,182
Unemployment rate	3.1	2.3	2.2	2.7	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9
Footnotes (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes persons 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 02, 2022