E-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Educational attainment	2019	2020				2021				2022
Educational attainment	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,776	9,519	8,379	8,566	9,255	9,036	8,899	9,203	8,890	8,940	9,183	8,855	8,976
Participation rate	46.6	46.4	42.5	44.6	45.9	45.2	43.3	46.0	45.7	45.8	44.3	45.8	45.9
Employed	9,235	8,933	6,778	7,485	8,358	8,206	8,048	8,447	8,352	8,462	8,685	8,339	8,508
Employment-population ratio	44.0	43.5	34.4	39.0	41.4	41.0	39.1	42.2	42.9	43.3	41.9	43.1	43.5
Unemployed	542	585	1,602	1,081	897	830	851	755	538	478	498	516	468
Unemployment rate	5.5	6.1	19.1	12.6	9.7	9.2	9.6	8.2	6.1	5.4	5.4	5.8	5.2

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	36,136	35,818	33,693	34,543	35,210	34,252	34,889	35,226	35,597	36,772	36,109	35,491	35,289
Participation rate	58.0	58.0	55.2	55.4	55.6	54.6	55.6	55.5	55.6	56.6	56.7	56.2	56.0
Employed	34,806	34,381	28,529	31,119	32,417	31,883	32,454	33,122	33,830	35,184	34,756	34,109	33,949
Employment-population ratio	55.9	55.7	46.7	49.9	51.2	50.9	51.7	52.2	52.8	54.2	54.6	54.0	53.8
Unemployed	1,329	1,437	5,164	3,424	2,793	2,369	2,435	2,105	1,767	1,589	1,353	1,381	1,340
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.0	15.3	9.9	7.9	6.9	7.0	6.0	5.0	4.3	3.7	3.9	3.8

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	37,443	37,323	36,450	36,255	35,745	35,594	35,876	35,834	35,415	35,458	35,690	35,591	35,825
Participation rate	64.6	64.7	63.5	63.6	62.5	62.8	63.2	63.2	62.7	63.5	63.2	62.8	62.7
Employed	36,379	36,118	31,573	33,169	33,430	33,488	33,753	34,115	34,059	34,242	34,543	34,564	34,739
Employment-population ratio	62.8	62.6	55.0	58.2	58.5	59.1	59.5	60.1	60.3	61.3	61.1	61.0	60.8
Unemployed	1,064	1,204	4,877	3,087	2,315	2,106	2,123	1,719	1,356	1,216	1,147	1,027	1,086
Unemployment rate	2.8	3.2	13.4	8.5	6.5	5.9	5.9	4.8	3.8	3.4	3.2	2.9	3.0

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	59,866	60,196	60,824	61,092	59,734	60,697	60,710	60,716	61,175	61,804	62,103	63,491	63,168
Participation rate	73.9	73.3	72.1	72.2	72.1	72.0	72.4	72.1	72.1	72.6	73.2	72.9	72.6
Employed	58,672	58,917	56,246	57,681	57,301	58,363	58,668	59,018	59,805	60,490	60,848	62,290	61,939
Employment-population ratio	72.4	71.7	66.7	68.2	69.1	69.3	69.9	70.1	70.5	71.1	71.7	71.6	71.2
Unemployed	1,193	1,279	4,578	3,411	2,433	2,334	2,042	1,699	1,370	1,314	1,255	1,201	1,229
Unemployment rate	2.0	2.1	7.5	5.6	4.1	3.8	3.4	2.8	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.9
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 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.

Last Modified Date: January 06, 2023