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Table 378. -  Occupation of employed persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 1997
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                                                |  Total  |       |           |        High school  |                     College
               Sex and occupation               |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 ........................| 106,757 | 100.0 |       3.5 |        6.6 |   32.7 |    18.8 |     8.9 |     19.7 |       9.8
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  34,446 | 100.0 |       0.3 |        1.4 |   13.1 |    13.8 |     8.7 |     36.3 |      26.3
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|  16,965 | 100.0 |       0.5 |        2.2 |   20.8 |    19.6 |     8.4 |     33.9 |      14.6
    Professional specialty occupations .........|  17,481 | 100.0 |       0.2 |        0.5 |    5.7 |     8.2 |     9.1 |     38.6 |      37.6
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   4,342 | 100.0 |       0.1 |        0.5 |    5.3 |     6.0 |     3.2 |     48.5 |      36.3
      Teachers, college and university .........|     751 | 100.0 |       0.0 |        0.0 |    0.5 |     2.3 |     1.7 |     15.8 |      79.5
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  30,459 | 100.0 |       0.8 |        3.5 |   35.6 |    25.6 |    11.3 |     19.8 |       3.4
    Technicians and related support ............|   3,688 | 100.0 |       0.2 |        1.4 |   19.8 |    24.2 |    23.9 |     24.8 |       5.7
    Sales occupations ..........................|  11,722 | 100.0 |       1.3 |        4.7 |   33.0 |    23.0 |     7.8 |     25.8 |       4.5
    Administrative support, including clerical .|  15,049 | 100.0 |       0.6 |        3.0 |   41.6 |    27.9 |    11.0 |     13.9 |       2.0
  Service occupations ..........................|  12,354 | 100.0 |       7.6 |       12.6 |   43.6 |    19.7 |     7.8 |      7.6 |       1.2
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|  12,380 | 100.0 |       5.5 |       11.0 |   47.5 |    20.2 |     9.0 |      5.8 |       1.0
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|  14,594 | 100.0 |       8.6 |       15.7 |   50.4 |    15.3 |     5.2 |      4.2 |       0.6
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|   2,524 | 100.0 |      18.5 |       12.2 |   37.3 |    14.3 |     6.2 |      9.5 |       1.9
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                       Men                      |         |       |           |            |        |         |         |          |
All occupational groups ........................|  57,507 | 100.0 |       4.3 |        7.4 |   32.2 |    18.3 |     7.7 |     19.6 |      10.5
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  17,574 | 100.0 |       0.5 |        1.6 |   12.1 |    13.6 |     6.6 |     36.2 |      29.4
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|   9,436 | 100.0 |       0.7 |        2.5 |   18.1 |    18.1 |     7.1 |     36.5 |      17.0
    Professional specialty occupations .........|   8,139 | 100.0 |       0.2 |        0.5 |    5.2 |     8.4 |     5.9 |     35.9 |      43.8
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   1,045 | 100.0 |       0.1 |        0.4 |    4.3 |     6.7 |     3.3 |     44.3 |      41.1
      Teachers, college and university .........|     430 | 100.0 |       0.0 |        0.0 |    0.7 |     2.1 |     1.6 |     15.1 |      80.5
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  11,029 | 100.0 |       1.1 |        3.1 |   27.5 |    24.8 |    10.1 |     28.0 |       5.3
    Technicians and related support ............|   1,754 | 100.0 |       0.3 |        1.3 |   17.7 |    25.0 |    20.0 |     28.6 |       7.0
    Sales occupations ..........................|   6,226 | 100.0 |       1.3 |        3.2 |   26.6 |    23.9 |     7.7 |     31.5 |       5.8
    Administrative support, including clerical .|   3,048 | 100.0 |       1.3 |        3.7 |   34.9 |    26.7 |     9.6 |     20.5 |       3.2
  Service occupations ..........................|   4,816 | 100.0 |       8.4 |       10.3 |   38.0 |    22.2 |     8.9 |     10.2 |       1.8
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|  11,273 | 100.0 |       5.5 |       10.8 |   47.3 |    20.5 |     9.2 |      5.6 |       1.0
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|  10,816 | 100.0 |       7.7 |       15.3 |   50.1 |    16.3 |     5.4 |      4.5 |       0.6
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|   2,000 | 100.0 |      20.2 |       13.0 |   37.0 |    13.4 |     5.6 |      9.1 |       2.0
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                     Women                      |         |       |           |            |        |         |         |          |
All occupational groups ........................|  49,250 | 100.0 |       2.5 |        5.7 |   33.4 |    19.3 |    10.2 |     19.9 |       9.0
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  16,872 | 100.0 |       0.2 |        1.2 |   14.2 |    14.0 |    11.0 |     36.3 |      23.1
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|   7,530 | 100.0 |       0.3 |        1.9 |   24.1 |    21.5 |    10.0 |     30.6 |      11.6
    Professional specialty occupations .........|   9,342 | 100.0 |       0.2 |        0.5 |    6.2 |     8.0 |    11.9 |     41.0 |      32.2
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   3,297 | 100.0 |       0.1 |        0.5 |    5.6 |     5.8 |     3.3 |     49.9 |      34.7
      Teachers, college and university .........|     321 | 100.0 |       0.0 |        0.0 |    0.3 |     2.5 |     1.6 |     16.8 |      78.5
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  19,431 | 100.0 |       0.6 |        3.7 |   40.2 |    26.0 |    12.0 |     15.1 |       2.4
    Technicians and related support ............|   1,933 | 100.0 |       0.1 |        1.4 |   21.7 |    23.4 |    27.6 |     21.3 |       4.6
    Sales occupations ..........................|   5,496 | 100.0 |       1.3 |        6.5 |   40.1 |    22.0 |     8.0 |     19.2 |       3.0
    Administrative support, including clerical .|  12,001 | 100.0 |       0.4 |        2.8 |   43.3 |    28.2 |    11.4 |     12.2 |       1.7
  Service occupations ..........................|   7,538 | 100.0 |       7.0 |       14.0 |   47.2 |    18.1 |     7.0 |      5.9 |       0.8
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|   1,107 | 100.0 |       6.1 |       12.2 |   48.8 |    17.0 |     7.1 |      7.8 |       1.1
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|   3,778 | 100.0 |      11.0 |       16.7 |   51.1 |    12.5 |     4.7 |      3.4 |       0.5
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|     524 | 100.0 |      12.2 |        9.7 |   38.5 |    17.7 |     8.8 |     11.3 |       1.9
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NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

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 August 1998.)


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