A-5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Educational attainment	2021	2022
Educational attainment	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	8,752	8,746	8,976	9,099	9,192	9,166	9,190	8,919	8,654	8,990	9,141	8,901	8,885
Participation rate	45.0	44.8	46.9	45.6	44.4	43.9	44.6	46.2	45.4	45.7	46.6	45.6	45.6
Employed	8,285	8,194	8,574	8,617	8,698	8,691	8,666	8,402	8,124	8,491	8,574	8,506	8,443
Employment-population ratio	42.6	42.0	44.8	43.2	42.0	41.6	42.1	43.5	42.6	43.1	43.7	43.5	43.4
Unemployed	467	551	402	482	494	475	524	518	530	499	567	395	442
Unemployment rate	5.3	6.3	4.5	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.7	5.8	6.1	5.5	6.2	4.4	5.0

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	35,852	36,994	36,550	36,773	36,392	36,040	35,897	35,371	35,819	35,282	35,070	35,192	35,605
Participation rate	55.7	57.1	56.2	56.6	56.6	56.7	56.7	56.1	56.4	56.2	55.9	55.7	56.2
Employed	34,223	35,312	34,935	35,303	34,996	34,684	34,589	34,094	34,259	33,975	33,692	33,816	34,339
Employment-population ratio	53.2	54.5	53.7	54.4	54.5	54.5	54.6	54.1	54.0	54.1	53.7	53.5	54.2
Unemployed	1,629	1,682	1,615	1,469	1,395	1,356	1,308	1,277	1,560	1,307	1,378	1,377	1,266
Unemployment rate	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	4.4	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.6

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,480	35,347	35,423	35,604	35,569	35,787	35,714	35,592	35,606	35,575	35,806	35,880	35,789
Participation rate	62.7	63.2	63.7	63.5	63.4	63.5	62.6	62.6	63.0	62.7	62.7	62.9	62.7
Employed	34,222	34,106	34,122	34,499	34,465	34,570	34,593	34,575	34,559	34,558	34,734	34,748	34,735
Employment-population ratio	60.5	60.9	61.4	61.6	61.4	61.3	60.6	60.8	61.2	60.9	60.8	60.9	60.8
Unemployed	1,257	1,242	1,301	1,105	1,103	1,217	1,121	1,016	1,046	1,017	1,071	1,133	1,054
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.1	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.2	2.9

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	61,205	61,737	62,017	61,657	61,790	62,347	62,172	63,345	63,609	63,519	63,312	63,041	63,150
Participation rate	72.4	72.6	72.5	72.9	73.0	73.4	73.2	72.9	72.9	72.9	72.7	72.5	72.7
Employed	59,934	60,343	60,679	60,447	60,543	61,125	60,875	62,063	62,426	62,381	62,089	61,781	61,947
Employment-population ratio	70.9	71.0	70.9	71.4	71.6	72.0	71.7	71.4	71.6	71.6	71.3	71.1	71.3
Unemployed	1,271	1,394	1,338	1,210	1,247	1,222	1,296	1,282	1,183	1,138	1,223	1,260	1,203
Unemployment rate	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.0	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