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	2022					2023
Educational attainment	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	8,654	8,990	9,141	8,901	8,885	8,814	9,165	9,203	9,082	9,140	9,184	8,926	9,239
Participation rate	45.4	45.7	46.6	45.6	45.6	46.0	48.3	46.6	46.3	45.7	46.6	47.7	47.6
Employed	8,124	8,491	8,574	8,506	8,443	8,417	8,629	8,762	8,595	8,621	8,632	8,459	8,743
Employment-population ratio	42.6	43.1	43.7	43.5	43.4	43.9	45.5	44.3	43.8	43.1	43.8	45.2	45.0
Unemployed	530	499	567	395	442	397	536	441	487	519	552	467	496
Unemployment rate	6.1	5.5	6.2	4.4	5.0	4.5	5.8	4.8	5.4	5.7	6.0	5.2	5.4

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	35,819	35,282	35,070	35,192	35,605	36,189	35,850	35,680	35,752	36,022	36,038	35,980	36,243
Participation rate	56.4	56.2	55.9	55.7	56.2	56.4	56.0	56.1	56.4	56.8	57.0	56.5	56.5
Employed	34,259	33,975	33,692	33,816	34,339	34,836	34,574	34,246	34,345	34,611	34,638	34,763	34,851
Employment-population ratio	54.0	54.1	53.7	53.5	54.2	54.3	54.0	53.8	54.2	54.6	54.7	54.6	54.4
Unemployed	1,560	1,307	1,378	1,377	1,266	1,353	1,276	1,433	1,407	1,411	1,400	1,217	1,391
Unemployment rate	4.4	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.6	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.4	3.8

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,606	35,575	35,806	35,880	35,789	36,082	35,962	35,944	35,668	35,407	35,564	35,730	35,867
Participation rate	63.0	62.7	62.7	62.9	62.7	63.5	63.6	63.6	63.0	63.1	62.5	62.7	63.3
Employed	34,559	34,558	34,734	34,748	34,735	35,046	34,796	34,877	34,650	34,273	34,472	34,612	34,780
Employment-population ratio	61.2	60.9	60.8	60.9	60.8	61.7	61.5	61.8	61.2	61.1	60.5	60.7	61.4
Unemployed	1,046	1,017	1,071	1,133	1,054	1,036	1,167	1,067	1,018	1,134	1,092	1,118	1,087
Unemployment rate	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.2	2.9	2.9	3.2	3.0	2.9	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	63,609	63,519	63,312	63,041	63,150	62,854	63,140	63,632	64,077	64,201	64,274	64,817	64,398
Participation rate	72.9	72.9	72.7	72.5	72.7	72.7	72.3	73.1	73.3	73.1	73.4	73.4	73.5
Employed	62,426	62,381	62,089	61,781	61,947	61,591	61,858	62,355	62,835	62,879	63,010	63,522	62,986
Employment-population ratio	71.6	71.6	71.3	71.1	71.3	71.2	70.9	71.6	71.8	71.6	72.0	71.9	71.9
Unemployed	1,183	1,138	1,223	1,260	1,203	1,263	1,282	1,278	1,241	1,322	1,264	1,295	1,412
Unemployment rate	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2
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: September 01, 2023