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	Sept. 2024	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,355	8,627	8,968	9,260	9,055	9,019	9,036	8,651	8,871
Participation rate	48.1	47.3	48.1	47.6	46.6	46.2	49.0	47.5	47.6
Employed	8,802	8,092	8,435	8,633	8,553	8,496	8,534	8,071	8,268
Employment-population ratio	45.3	44.4	45.2	44.4	44.0	43.5	46.3	44.3	44.3
Unemployed	553	535	533	627	502	522	501	580	602
Unemployment rate	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.8	5.5	5.8	5.5	6.7	6.8

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	36,408	37,070	36,326	36,198	36,460	36,569	36,255	36,833	36,162
Participation rate	57.0	57.3	56.8	56.7	56.6	57.1	56.5	56.9	56.6
Employed	35,031	35,489	34,883	34,742	34,836	35,124	34,658	35,233	34,638
Employment-population ratio	54.8	54.8	54.6	54.4	54.1	54.8	54.0	54.4	54.2
Unemployed	1,377	1,582	1,443	1,455	1,623	1,446	1,597	1,600	1,524
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.3	4.0	4.0	4.5	4.0	4.4	4.3	4.2

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,990	35,797	36,711	35,871	36,128	36,218	36,212	36,210	36,573
Participation rate	63.3	62.9	63.1	63.1	62.8	62.9	63.0	63.6	62.9
Employed	34,808	34,570	35,493	34,650	34,946	35,069	35,129	35,046	35,319
Employment-population ratio	61.2	60.7	61.0	60.9	60.8	60.9	61.1	61.5	60.7
Unemployed	1,182	1,227	1,219	1,220	1,181	1,149	1,083	1,164	1,254
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.0	3.2	3.4

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	65,527	67,373	67,553	65,473	66,744	66,761	67,178	67,599	67,509
Participation rate	72.9	71.4	72.1	72.9	72.3	72.0	71.5	71.7	72.1
Employed	64,073	65,343	65,675	63,956	65,022	65,089	65,339	65,789	65,587
Employment-population ratio	71.3	69.3	70.1	71.2	70.4	70.2	69.6	69.8	70.0
Unemployed	1,454	2,030	1,878	1,517	1,722	1,672	1,838	1,810	1,923
Unemployment rate	2.2	3.0	2.8	2.3	2.6	2.5	2.7	2.7	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: November 20, 2025