Digest of Education Statistics: 2005
Digest of Education Statistics: 2005

NCES 2006-030
June 2006


Table 369. Occupation of employed persons 25 to 64 years old, by educational attainment and sex: 2004
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                                                       |               |               Percentage distribution, by highest level of educational attainment
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                                                       |               |     |           |         High school     |                   College
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                                                       |               |     |  Less than| 1-4 years of|           |      Some|           |           |
                                                       |Total employed,|     |one year of| high school,|High school|  college,|Associate's| Bachelor's|  Master's or
Occupation and sex                                     |   in thousands|Total|high school|no completion| completion| no degree|     degree|     degree|higher degree
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1                                                      |              2|    3|          4|            5|          6|         7|          8|          9|           10
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All persons                                            |               |     |           |             |           |          |           |           |
     Total ............................................| 119,622(274.3)|100.0|  3.5(0.21)|   6.0 (0.28)|30.0 (0.53)|17.8(0.44)|  9.8(0.34)|21.3 (0.47)|11.5   (0.37)
  Management, professional, and related ...............|  45,661(236.1)|100.0|  0.4(0.12)|   1.2 (0.22)|12.8 (0.62)|13.4(0.64)| 10.4(0.57)|35.4 (0.89)|26.4   (0.82)
    Management, business, and financial operations ....|  19,404(166.6)|100.0|  0.7(0.24)|   1.9 (0.40)|18.5 (1.11)|17.4(1.08)|  8.8(0.81)|36.1 (1.37)|16.6   (1.06)
    Professional and related ..........................|  26,257(190.1)|100.0|  0.2(0.11)|   0.7 (0.23)| 8.6 (0.69)|10.5(0.75)| 11.5(0.79)|34.9 (1.17)|33.6   (1.16)
      Education, training, and library ................|   7,244(105.2)|100.0|  0.2(0.20)|   0.6 (0.42)| 8.3 (1.29)| 7.9(1.26)|  4.2(0.94)|36.1 (2.25)|42.8   (2.32)
        Preschool and kindergarten teachers ...........|     568 (30.0)|100.0|  0.7(1.40)|   1.9 (1.87)|17.3 (6.31)|15.7(6.07)| 11.4(5.32)|36.1 (8.03)|16.7   (6.24)
        Elementary and middle school teachers .........|   2,449 (61.9)|100.0|   #   (†) |   0.2 (0.09)| 2.5 (1.25)| 2.4(1.22)|  1.7(1.03)|49.8 (4.02)|43.4   (3.99)
        Secondary school teachers .....................|   1,101 (41.7)|100.0|  0.1(0.36)|   0.1 (0.19)| 0.7 (1.02)| 2.4(1.82)|  1.7(1.56)|44.4 (5.96)|50.7   (6.00)
        Special education teachers ....................|     361 (23.9)|100.0|  0.6(1.56)|   0.6 (0.27)| 3.3 (3.76)| 1.9(2.89)|  2.5(3.27)|39.1(10.23)|52.6  (10.47)
        Postsecondary teachers ........................|   1,085 (41.4)|100.0|   #   (†) |    #    (†) | 1.7 (1.54)| 2.1(1.74)|  2.4(1.85)|14.2 (4.22)|79.5   (4.88)
        Other education, training, and library         |   1,679 (51.4)|100.0|  0.4(0.58)|   1.4 (0.39)|23.8 (4.14)|22.0(4.03)|  8.7(2.74)|24.2 (4.17)|19.6   (3.86)
           workers ....................................|               |     |           |             |           |          |           |           |
  Service occupations .................................|  17,016(157.1)|100.0|  7.9(0.82)|  11.4 (1.09)|39.6 (1.49)|19.0(1.20)|  9.8(0.91)|10.3 (0.93)| 2.0   (0.43)
  Sales and office occupations ........................|  28,875(197.8)|100.0|  1.2(0.25)|   4.0 (0.69)|35.3 (1.12)|25.1(1.02)| 10.5(0.72)|20.1 (0.94)| 3.8   (0.45)
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....|  12,472(136.1)|100.0|  9.0(1.02)|  12.3 (1.10)|44.2 (1.77)|17.1(1.34)| 10.1(1.08)| 6.1 (0.85)| 1.1   (0.38)
  Production, transportation, and material moving .....|  15,598(151.0)|100.0|  7.7(0.85)|  13.0 (2.66)|48.9 (1.59)|16.3(1.18)|  6.5(0.79)| 6.3 (0.78)| 1.2   (0.35)
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Male                                                   |               |     |           |             |           |          |           |           |
     Total ............................................|  64,326(208.5)|100.0|  4.5(0.44)|   6.9 (0.54)|30.4 (0.98)|16.9(0.80)|  8.4(0.59)|21.1 (0.87)|11.8   (0.69)
  Management, professional, and related ...............|  22,887(220.6)|100.0|  0.6(0.27)|   1.4 (0.43)|12.4 (1.18)|12.9(1.20)|  7.9(0.97)|36.1 (1.72)|28.7   (1.62)
    Management, business, and financial operations ....|  11,305(169.2)|100.0|  0.9(0.48)|   2.3 (0.76)|17.9 (1.95)|16.2(1.87)|  7.3(1.32)|37.4 (2.46)|18.1   (1.96)
    Professional and related ..........................|  11,581(170.9)|100.0|  0.2(0.25)|   0.6 (0.40)| 7.0 (1.29)| 9.8(1.49)|  8.6(1.41)|34.7 (2.39)|39.0   (2.45)
      Education, training, and library ................|   1,929 (74.3)|100.0|  0.1(0.40)|   0.3 (0.69)| 3.4 (2.24)| 4.5(2.56)|  2.7(2.01)|32.4 (5.76)|56.5   (6.11)
  Service occupations .................................|   7,222(139.0)|100.0|  9.4(1.85)|  10.0 (1.91)|35.7 (3.05)|19.9(2.54)|  9.3(1.85)|13.2 (2.16)| 2.6   (1.01)
  Sales and office occupations ........................|  10,380(163.1)|100.0|  1.5(0.65)|   3.8 (1.02)|28.9 (2.41)|23.4(2.25)|  8.8(1.51)|27.9 (2.38)| 5.7   (1.23)
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....|  11,918(173.0)|100.0|  8.9(1.41)|  12.5 (1.64)|44.4 (2.46)|17.1(1.87)| 10.2(1.50)| 5.8 (1.16)| 1.1   (0.52)
  Production, transportation, and material moving .....|  11,919(173.0)|100.0|  7.0(1.27)|  12.4 (1.63)|48.9 (2.48)|17.1(1.87)|  6.8(1.25)| 6.6 (1.23)| 1.2   (0.54)
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Female                                                 |               |     |           |             |           |          |           |           |
     Total ............................................|  55,296(219.1)|100.0|  2.4(0.34)|   5.1 (0.48)|29.7 (1.01)|18.8(0.86)| 11.3(0.70)|21.5 (0.91)|11.2   (0.70)
  Management, professional, and related ...............|  22,775(210.3)|100.0|  0.3(0.17)|   0.9 (0.33)|13.3 (1.17)|13.9(1.19)| 12.8(1.15)|34.7 (1.64)|24.0   (1.47)
    Management, business, and financial operations ....|   8,098(140.2)|100.0|  0.4(0.37)|   1.4 (0.69)|19.4 (2.28)|19.2(2.27)| 10.9(1.79)|34.1 (2.73)|14.5   (2.03)
    Professional and related ..........................|  14,676(180.0)|100.0|  0.2(0.17)|   0.7 (0.35)| 9.9 (1.28)|11.0(1.34)| 13.9(1.48)|35.1 (2.04)|29.3   (1.95)
      Education, training, and library ................|   5,315(115.7)|100.0|  0.2(0.32)|   0.7 (0.58)|10.0 (2.14)| 9.1(2.05)|  4.7(1.51)|37.5 (3.45)|37.8   (3.45)
  Service occupations .................................|   9,794(152.3)|100.0|  6.9(1.33)|  12.5 (1.73)|42.5 (2.59)|18.3(2.03)| 10.1(1.58)| 8.1 (1.43)| 1.6   (0.65)
  Sales and office occupations ........................|  18,495(196.3)|100.0|  1.0(0.37)|   4.1 (0.76)|38.9 (1.86)|26.1(1.68)| 11.4(1.21)|15.8 (1.39)| 2.8   (0.62)
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....|     553 (38.5)|100.0| 11.0(6.91)|   9.6 (6.50)|38.7(10.75)|17.5(8.39)|  8.7(6.21)|12.5 (7.29)| 2.0   (3.08)
  Production, transportation, and material moving .....|   3,679 (97.3)|100.0| 10.0(2.57)|  14.8 (3.04)|49.0 (4.28)|14.0(2.97)|  5.5(1.94)| 5.6 (1.97)| 1.2   (0.92)
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†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Current Population Survey (CPS), March 2004, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared April 2005.)