Chart 3. Incidence (in percent) of NCAs in the NLSY 97 by occupation
Occupation label Incidence of NCAs Upper limit of 95-percent CI Lower limit of 95-percent CI

Engineering

38 53 23

Computer, mathematical

36 46 27

Sales, related

28 34 22

Management

24 28 19

Business and rinance

23 30 16

Life, physical, social science

22 43 2

Production

19 24 13

Personal care services

18 29 6

Installation, repair

16 23 10

Arts entertainment

16 27 5

Healthcare practitioner, technical

14 20 9

Transportation

14 19 9

Construction, extraction

14 20 8

Office support

14 17 10

Protective service

13 26 0

Building, grounds maintenance

11 19 2

Healthcare support

9 15 2

Food prep and serving

7 13 2

Education, training

7 13 2

Community, social services

4 7 0

Legal

4 10 -2

Notes: CI = confidence interval. NCA = noncompete agreement. NLSY97 = National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Estimates can be negative because of the linear probablity model.

Source: Authors' calculations based on data from the 2017–18 interview of the NLSY97 cohort.