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	July 2021	June 2022	July 2022	July 2021	Mar. 2022	Apr. 2022	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,046	9,389	8,739	9,252	9,097	9,207	9,194	9,210	8,924
Participation rate	45.7	45.6	45.3	46.7	45.6	44.4	44.0	44.7	46.2
Employed	8,214	8,917	8,248	8,380	8,627	8,713	8,719	8,680	8,398
Employment-population ratio	41.5	43.3	42.7	42.3	43.2	42.0	41.8	42.2	43.5
Unemployed	832	472	491	872	470	494	475	530	526
Unemployment rate	9.2	5.0	5.6	9.4	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.8	5.9

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	34,895	35,612	35,154	35,026	36,847	36,464	36,118	35,985	35,386
Participation rate	55.2	56.3	55.8	55.4	56.8	56.8	56.8	56.8	56.1
Employed	32,721	34,366	33,890	32,855	35,368	35,064	34,760	34,679	34,113
Employment-population ratio	51.7	54.3	53.8	51.9	54.5	54.6	54.7	54.8	54.1
Unemployed	2,175	1,247	1,264	2,171	1,479	1,401	1,358	1,305	1,273
Unemployment rate	6.2	3.5	3.6	6.2	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,827	35,757	35,489	35,865	35,555	35,540	35,787	35,707	35,575
Participation rate	62.9	62.7	62.4	62.9	63.4	63.4	63.5	62.6	62.6
Employed	33,955	34,639	34,416	34,124	34,480	34,445	34,565	34,585	34,563
Employment-population ratio	59.6	60.7	60.5	59.9	61.5	61.4	61.3	60.6	60.8
Unemployed	1,872	1,118	1,072	1,741	1,075	1,095	1,222	1,122	1,012
Unemployment rate	5.2	3.1	3.0	4.9	3.0	3.1	3.4	3.1	2.8

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	60,526	61,540	62,997	60,997	61,597	61,705	62,295	62,098	63,380
Participation rate	71.9	72.4	72.5	72.5	72.8	72.9	73.3	73.1	73.0
Employed	58,438	60,166	61,521	59,092	60,386	60,459	61,078	60,800	62,094
Employment-population ratio	69.4	70.8	70.8	70.2	71.4	71.5	71.9	71.6	71.5
Unemployed	2,089	1,374	1,476	1,906	1,211	1,247	1,217	1,297	1,286
Unemployment rate	3.5	2.2	2.3	3.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0
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: August 05, 2022