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Table 379. Occupation of employed persons 25 to 64 years old, by educational attainment and sex: 2001

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                                                |         |                  Percentage distribution, by level of educational attainment
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                                                |  Total  |       |            |        High school  |                     College
               Occupation and sex               |employed,|       |  Less than |_____________________|__________________________________________
                                                |   in    | Total | one year of|1-4 years of| High   |  Some   |         |          |More than a
                                                |thousands|       | high school|high school,| school |college, |Associate|Bachelor's|bachelor's
                                                |         |       |            | no diploma |graduate|no degree| degree  |  degree  |  degree
________________________________________________|_________|_______| ___________|____________|________|_________|_________|__________|___________
                       1                        |    2    |   3   |      4     |     5      |   6    |    7    |    8    |    9     |    10
________________________________________________|_________|_______| ___________|____________|________|_________|_________|__________|___________
                  All persons                   |         |       |            |            |        |         |         |          |
All occupational groups ........................| 110,648 | 100.0 |        3.2 |        6.2 |   30.7 |    18.5 |     9.7 |     20.8 |      10.7
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  38,100 | 100.0 |        0.3 |        1.2 |   12.1 |    13.4 |     9.3 |     37.0 |      26.7
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|  18,719 | 100.0 |        0.5 |        1.9 |   19.0 |    19.0 |     9.6 |     34.9 |      15.1
    Professional specialty occupations .........|  19,381 | 100.0 |        0.1 |        0.6 |    5.5 |     8.0 |     9.1 |     38.9 |      37.9
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   4,861 | 100.0 |        0.1 |        0.4 |    5.6 |     6.7 |     3.7 |     46.1 |      37.4
      Teachers, college and university .........|     845 | 100.0 |        0.0 |        0.0 |    0.6 |     1.4 |     1.8 |     14.1 |      82.0
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  30,395 | 100.0 |        0.9 |        3.6 |   33.5 |    25.2 |    12.5 |     20.4 |       3.9
    Technicians and related support ............|   3,873 | 100.0 |        0.2 |        1.2 |   19.3 |    23.6 |    23.8 |     26.0 |       5.8
    Sales occupations ..........................|  11,775 | 100.0 |        1.5 |        4.6 |   30.8 |    22.0 |     8.9 |     26.9 |       5.4
    Administrative support, including clerical .|  14,746 | 100.0 |        0.6 |        3.4 |   39.5 |    28.1 |    12.5 |     13.7 |       2.2
  Service occupations ..........................|  12,923 | 100.0 |        7.5 |       12.1 |   41.8 |    20.2 |     8.8 |      8.2 |       1.5
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|  12,819 | 100.0 |        5.2 |       11.1 |   45.5 |    19.9 |    10.7 |      6.4 |       1.2
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|  14,058 | 100.0 |        8.4 |       14.6 |   50.3 |    16.0 |     5.4 |      4.6 |       0.7
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|   2,352 | 100.0 |       16.7 |       12.1 |   38.1 |    15.0 |     6.2 |      9.8 |       2.2
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                       Men                      |         |       |            |            |        |         |         |          |
All occupational groups ........................|  59,231 | 100.0 |        3.9 |        6.9 |   30.7 |    17.8 |     8.6 |     20.9 |      11.3
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  19,079 | 100.0 |        0.3 |        1.4 |   11.2 |    12.8 |     7.4 |     37.3 |      29.6
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|  10,142 | 100.0 |        0.6 |        2.1 |   16.5 |    16.8 |     8.2 |     37.9 |      17.9
    Professional specialty occupations .........|   8,937 | 100.0 |        0.1 |        0.6 |    5.2 |     8.3 |     6.4 |     36.6 |      42.8
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   1,217 | 100.0 |        0.1 |        0.2 |    4.1 |     6.2 |     3.6 |     45.2 |      40.6
      Teachers, college and university .........|     474 | 100.0 |        0.0 |        0.0 |    0.4 |     0.8 |     1.9 |     10.3 |      86.5
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  11,079 | 100.0 |        1.0 |        3.0 |   25.6 |    23.6 |    11.1 |     29.5 |       6.2
    Technicians and related support ............|   1,801 | 100.0 |        0.2 |        1.0 |   16.4 |    24.0 |    18.7 |     32.0 |       7.7
    Sales occupations ..........................|   6,325 | 100.0 |        1.2 |        3.1 |   25.4 |    21.5 |     8.7 |     33.3 |       6.9
    Administrative support, including clerical .|   2,953 | 100.0 |        1.4 |        4.0 |   31.8 |    28.0 |    11.5 |     19.6 |       3.8
  Service occupations ..........................|   4,977 | 100.0 |        7.7 |        9.3 |   37.9 |    22.1 |     9.4 |     11.4 |       2.1
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|  11,682 | 100.0 |        5.1 |       11.1 |   45.7 |    20.0 |    10.8 |      6.2 |       1.1
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|  10,576 | 100.0 |        7.6 |       14.3 |   49.8 |    16.9 |     5.6 |      4.9 |       0.7
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|   1,838 | 100.0 |       17.7 |       12.8 |   38.4 |    13.9 |     5.7 |      9.4 |       2.1
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                     Women                      |         |       |            |            |        |         |         |          |
All occupational groups ........................|  51,416 | 100.0 |        2.5 |        5.4 |   30.8 |    19.4 |    11.1 |     20.8 |      10.0
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  19,021 | 100.0 |        0.3 |        1.1 |   13.0 |    13.9 |    11.3 |     36.6 |      23.8
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|   8,577 | 100.0 |        0.4 |        1.7 |   21.8 |    21.5 |    11.2 |     31.4 |      11.8
    Professional specialty occupations .........|  10,444 | 100.0 |        0.1 |        0.6 |    5.7 |     7.7 |    11.4 |     40.9 |      33.6
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   3,644 | 100.0 |        0.1 |        0.5 |    6.1 |     6.9 |     3.8 |     46.4 |      36.3
      Teachers, college and university .........|     371 | 100.0 |        0.0 |        0.0 |    0.8 |     2.2 |     1.3 |     18.9 |      76.3
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  19,315 | 100.0 |        0.8 |        3.9 |   38.1 |    26.1 |    13.4 |     15.1 |       2.6
    Technicians and related support ............|   2,072 | 100.0 |        0.2 |        1.4 |   21.8 |    23.3 |    28.3 |     20.7 |       4.2
    Sales occupations ..........................|   5,450 | 100.0 |        1.9 |        6.4 |   37.1 |    22.7 |     9.0 |     19.4 |       3.6
    Administrative support, including clerical .|  11,794 | 100.0 |        0.4 |        3.3 |   41.4 |    28.1 |    12.8 |     12.2 |       1.8
  Service occupations ..........................|   7,947 | 100.0 |        7.3 |       13.8 |   44.2 |    19.0 |     8.3 |      6.3 |       1.1
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|   1,138 | 100.0 |        7.0 |       10.5 |   43.5 |    19.2 |     9.1 |      8.6 |       1.9
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|   3,482 | 100.0 |       10.5 |       15.3 |   51.7 |    13.2 |     4.7 |      3.7 |       0.8
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|     514 | 100.0 |       13.0 |        9.5 |   37.2 |    18.5 |     8.2 |     11.5 |       2.5
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished tabulations from the Current Population Survey. (This table was prepared July 2002.)


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