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	Mar. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023	Nov. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,138	8,887	8,864	9,173	9,492	9,384	9,271	9,192	8,916
Participation rate	46.2	46.7	46.0	46.4	48.3	47.5	47.1	48.3	46.3
Employed	8,605	8,204	8,349	8,732	8,891	8,819	8,715	8,626	8,483
Employment-population ratio	43.5	43.1	43.4	44.2	45.2	44.6	44.3	45.4	44.1
Unemployed	532	683	514	441	601	564	556	565	433
Unemployment rate	5.8	7.7	5.8	4.8	6.3	6.0	6.0	6.1	4.9

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	35,827	36,541	36,504	35,728	35,790	35,748	35,927	36,474	36,364
Participation rate	56.3	57.1	57.5	56.1	57.3	57.1	57.0	57.0	57.3
Employed	34,275	34,866	34,889	34,289	34,327	34,247	34,385	34,948	34,866
Employment-population ratio	53.8	54.5	54.9	53.9	55.0	54.7	54.6	54.7	54.9
Unemployed	1,553	1,675	1,615	1,439	1,463	1,501	1,543	1,526	1,498
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.6	4.4	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.1

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,943	36,297	36,198	35,923	35,874	35,737	36,205	36,322	36,147
Participation rate	63.6	63.4	63.3	63.6	62.1	62.4	62.6	63.5	63.2
Employed	34,852	35,049	34,934	34,853	34,866	34,623	35,020	35,178	34,918
Employment-population ratio	61.7	61.2	61.1	61.7	60.4	60.4	60.6	61.5	61.1
Unemployed	1,091	1,248	1,264	1,069	1,009	1,114	1,184	1,144	1,229
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.4	3.5	3.0	2.8	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.4

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	64,036	64,479	64,820	63,692	64,452	64,297	64,195	63,965	64,478
Participation rate	73.5	72.7	72.8	73.1	72.7	72.3	72.7	72.1	72.4
Employed	62,786	63,013	63,469	62,411	63,091	62,933	62,836	62,527	63,095
Employment-population ratio	72.1	71.1	71.2	71.7	71.2	70.8	71.2	70.5	70.8
Unemployed	1,250	1,466	1,351	1,281	1,360	1,364	1,359	1,438	1,383
Unemployment rate	2.0	2.3	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.1
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: April 05, 2024