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 2024	May 2025	June 2025	June 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	June 2025
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,346	9,310	9,228	9,137	9,060	9,061	8,891	9,055	9,019
Participation rate	48.0	47.9	47.3	46.9	48.3	48.1	46.4	46.6	46.2
Employed	8,849	8,860	8,753	8,591	8,519	8,538	8,344	8,553	8,496
Employment-population ratio	45.4	45.6	44.8	44.1	45.4	45.3	43.6	44.0	43.5
Unemployed	497	450	475	546	541	523	546	502	522
Unemployment rate	5.3	4.8	5.1	6.0	6.0	5.8	6.1	5.5	5.8

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	35,951	36,522	36,289	36,249	36,215	36,023	36,525	36,460	36,569
Participation rate	56.6	56.7	56.7	57.1	56.2	56.4	56.7	56.6	57.1
Employed	34,494	34,997	34,916	34,721	34,676	34,538	35,069	34,836	35,124
Employment-population ratio	54.3	54.4	54.5	54.7	53.8	54.1	54.5	54.1	54.8
Unemployed	1,457	1,526	1,373	1,528	1,539	1,485	1,456	1,623	1,446
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.2	3.8	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.5	4.0

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,473	35,869	36,102	35,591	36,423	36,196	36,491	36,128	36,218
Participation rate	62.5	62.4	62.7	62.7	63.3	62.5	62.8	62.8	62.9
Employed	34,244	34,766	34,951	34,371	35,155	34,930	35,157	34,946	35,069
Employment-population ratio	60.3	60.5	60.7	60.6	61.1	60.3	60.5	60.8	60.9
Unemployed	1,229	1,103	1,151	1,220	1,268	1,266	1,334	1,181	1,149
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.3	3.2

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	64,855	66,678	66,266	65,326	66,292	66,752	66,666	66,744	66,761
Participation rate	72.3	72.2	71.5	72.8	71.8	72.0	72.7	72.3	72.0
Employed	63,198	65,066	64,486	63,779	64,655	65,014	65,005	65,022	65,089
Employment-population ratio	70.4	70.5	69.5	71.1	70.1	70.1	70.9	70.4	70.2
Unemployed	1,657	1,612	1,779	1,548	1,637	1,738	1,661	1,722	1,672
Unemployment rate	2.6	2.4	2.7	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.5
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 03, 2025