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	2023	2024
Educational attainment	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	9,390	9,277	9,200	8,936	9,002	9,029	9,137	9,194	9,440	9,260	9,060	9,074	9,219
Participation rate	47.5	47.1	48.4	46.4	46.9	45.9	46.9	48.9	48.0	47.6	48.4	47.2	47.6
Employed	8,820	8,717	8,632	8,493	8,458	8,494	8,591	8,578	8,778	8,633	8,465	8,530	8,700
Employment-population ratio	44.6	44.3	45.4	44.1	44.0	43.2	44.1	45.7	44.6	44.4	45.2	44.3	44.9
Unemployed	571	560	568	443	544	536	546	616	662	627	595	544	519
Unemployment rate	6.1	6.0	6.2	5.0	6.0	5.9	6.0	6.7	7.0	6.8	6.6	6.0	5.6

High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	35,824	35,962	36,449	36,351	36,203	36,340	36,249	36,686	36,773	36,198	35,876	36,038	35,931
Participation rate	57.2	57.1	57.0	57.2	56.7	56.8	57.1	56.9	56.8	56.7	56.7	56.9	56.9
Employed	34,325	34,423	34,932	34,855	34,754	34,786	34,721	34,985	35,286	34,742	34,436	34,380	34,376
Employment-population ratio	54.9	54.6	54.6	54.9	54.4	54.4	54.7	54.3	54.5	54.4	54.5	54.3	54.5
Unemployed	1,499	1,539	1,516	1,496	1,449	1,554	1,528	1,701	1,487	1,455	1,440	1,658	1,555
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.3	4.2	4.6	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.6	4.3

Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	35,770	36,174	36,262	36,099	36,147	35,611	35,591	35,697	35,600	35,871	35,710	35,658	35,652
Participation rate	62.4	62.6	63.4	63.1	62.8	63.1	62.7	63.0	63.6	63.1	62.2	62.5	62.7
Employed	34,659	34,992	35,108	34,873	34,942	34,510	34,371	34,434	34,371	34,650	34,496	34,370	34,409
Employment-population ratio	60.5	60.5	61.3	61.0	60.7	61.1	60.6	60.8	61.4	60.9	60.1	60.2	60.5
Unemployed	1,111	1,182	1,154	1,226	1,204	1,101	1,220	1,263	1,229	1,220	1,213	1,288	1,242
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.5

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	64,304	64,197	64,012	64,506	64,482	65,004	65,326	65,248	65,311	65,473	65,938	65,763	65,687
Participation rate	72.3	72.7	72.2	72.4	72.8	72.8	72.8	72.7	73.0	72.9	72.5	72.5	72.1
Employed	62,925	62,830	62,578	63,119	63,074	63,619	63,779	63,719	63,660	63,956	64,283	64,149	64,079
Employment-population ratio	70.8	71.2	70.6	70.9	71.3	71.3	71.1	71.0	71.2	71.2	70.7	70.7	70.3
Unemployed	1,379	1,367	1,434	1,388	1,408	1,386	1,548	1,529	1,650	1,517	1,655	1,614	1,609
Unemployment rate	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.4
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 10, 2025