Table 376.

Occupation of employed persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 2005

Occupation and sex	Total employed, in thousands		Percentage distribution, by highest level of educational attainment
			Total	Less than 1 year of high school		High school				College
						1–4 years of high school, no completion		High school completion		Some college, no degree		Associate's degree		Bachelor's degree		Master's or higher degree
1	2		3	4		5		6		7		8		9		10
All persons	121,960	(234.04)	100.0	3.6	(0.06)	6.1	(0.08)	29.8	(0.15)	17.5	(0.13)	10.0	(0.10)	21.3	(0.14)	11.6	(0.11)
Management, professional, and related	46,303	(215.13)	100.0	0.5	(0.04)	1.2	(0.06)	12.6	(0.18)	13.1	(0.18)	10.6	(0.17)	35.4	(0.26)	26.7	(0.24)
Management, business, and financial operations	19,617	(153.02)	100.0	0.8	(0.07)	1.9	(0.11)	18.2	(0.32)	16.9	(0.31)	9.1	(0.24)	35.8	(0.40)	17.4	(0.31)
Professional and related	26,686	(174.59)	100.0	0.2	(0.03)	0.6	(0.06)	8.4	(0.20)	10.3	(0.22)	11.7	(0.23)	35.1	(0.34)	33.5	(0.33)
Education, training, and library	7,429	(97.60)	100.0	0.2	(0.06)	0.4	(0.09)	8.0	(0.36)	7.7	(0.36)	5.2	(0.30)	36.6	(0.65)	41.9	(0.66)
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	610	(28.50)	100.0	0.3	(0.27)	1.0	(0.46)	14.6	(1.65)	14.9	(1.67)	13.4	(1.60)	39.2	(2.28)	16.9	(1.75)
Elementary and middle school teachers	2,485	(57.23)	100.0	#	(†)	0.1	(0.08)	1.9	(0.31)	2.4	(0.36)	2.1	(0.33)	50.3	(1.16)	43.2	(1.15)
Secondary school teachers	1,091	(38.07)	100.0	#	(†)	#	(†)	1.4	(0.41)	1.7	(0.46)	1.9	(0.48)	42.8	(1.73)	52.2	(1.75)
Special education teachers	396	(22.98)	100.0	—	(†)	0.3	(0.29)	2.3	(0.87)	2.8	(0.95)	1.3	(0.65)	44.2	(2.88)	49.2	(2.90)
Postsecondary teachers	1,093	(38.10)	100.0	#	(†)	0.1	(0.11)	1.2	(0.38)	3.2	(0.62)	3.0	(0.60)	14.8	(1.24)	77.7	(1.46)
Other education, training, and library workers	1,755	(48.20)	100.0	0.6	(0.21)	1.2	(0.30)	24.0	(1.18)	20.1	(1.11)	11.2	(0.87)	24.2	(1.18)	18.6	(1.07)
Service occupations	17,448	(145.26)	100.0	7.7	(0.23)	11.4	(0.28)	39.9	(0.43)	18.8	(0.34)	9.9	(0.26)	10.2	(0.27)	2.1	(0.12)
Sales and office occupations	29,322	(181.46)	100.0	1.2	(0.07)	4.1	(0.13)	34.8	(0.32)	24.7	(0.29)	10.8	(0.21)	20.5	(0.27)	3.9	(0.13)
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	13,173	(127.83)	100.0	9.4	(0.29)	12.7	(0.33)	43.5	(0.50)	16.6	(0.37)	10.4	(0.31)	6.4	(0.25)	1.1	(0.10)
Production, transportation, and material moving	15,714	(138.57)	100.0	7.5	(0.24)	12.6	(0.31)	48.8	(0.46)	16.6	(0.34)	6.9	(0.23)	6.3	(0.22)	1.3	(0.10)
Male	65,772	(156.90)	100.0	4.5	(0.09)	6.9	(0.36)	30.6	(0.20)	16.7	(0.17)	8.7	(0.13)	20.8	(0.18)	11.8	(0.14)
Management, professional, and related	23,111	(149.79)	100.0	0.6	(0.06)	1.3	(0.27)	12.4	(0.25)	12.8	(0.25)	8.1	(0.20)	35.8	(0.36)	28.9	(0.34)
Management, business, and financial operations	11,369	(113.60)	100.0	1.0	(0.11)	2.2	(0.49)	17.8	(0.41)	15.9	(0.39)	7.7	(0.28)	37.0	(0.52)	18.4	(0.41)
Professional and related	11,742	(115.18)	100.0	0.2	(0.05)	0.6	(0.25)	7.2	(0.27)	9.9	(0.31)	8.5	(0.29)	34.7	(0.50)	39.0	(0.51)
Education, training, and library	1,946	(49.65)	100.0	0.2	(0.12)	0.2	(0.32)	3.9	(0.50)	5.0	(0.56)	3.3	(0.46)	31.7	(1.20)	55.7	(1.28)
Service occupations	7,334	(93.48)	100.0	8.9	(0.38)	10.0	(1.26)	37.0	(0.64)	19.4	(0.53)	9.4	(0.39)	12.6	(0.44)	2.7	(0.21)
Sales and office occupations	10,734	(110.81)	100.0	1.7	(0.14)	4.0	(0.68)	29.6	(0.50)	22.8	(0.46)	9.3	(0.32)	27.1	(0.49)	5.5	(0.25)
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	12,563	(118.53)	100.0	9.3	(0.29)	12.8	(1.07)	43.8	(0.50)	16.4	(0.38)	10.4	(0.31)	6.3	(0.25)	1.0	(0.10)
Production, transportation, and material moving	12,030	(116.37)	100.0	6.8	(0.26)	12.0	(1.07)	48.7	(0.52)	17.4	(0.39)	7.3	(0.27)	6.5	(0.26)	1.3	(0.12)
Female	56,188	(162.16)	100.0	2.5	(0.07)	5.1	(0.10)	29.0	(0.21)	18.5	(0.18)	11.6	(0.15)	22.0	(0.19)	11.5	(0.15)
Management, professional, and related	23,192	(144.87)	100.0	0.3	(0.04)	1.0	(0.07)	12.8	(0.24)	13.4	(0.25)	13.1	(0.24)	35.0	(0.34)	24.5	(0.31)
Management, business, and financial operations	8,248	(95.37)	100.0	0.5	(0.08)	1.5	(0.15)	18.9	(0.47)	18.3	(0.47)	10.9	(0.38)	34.0	(0.57)	15.9	(0.44)
Professional and related	14,944	(123.11)	100.0	0.2	(0.04)	0.7	(0.08)	9.4	(0.26)	10.6	(0.28)	14.3	(0.32)	35.5	(0.43)	29.2	(0.41)
Education, training, and library	5,483	(79.04)	100.0	0.2	(0.06)	0.5	(0.11)	9.4	(0.43)	8.6	(0.42)	5.9	(0.35)	38.3	(0.72)	37.1	(0.72)
Service occupations	10,114	(104.42)	100.0	6.8	(0.28)	12.5	(0.36)	42.0	(0.54)	18.3	(0.42)	10.3	(0.33)	8.6	(0.31)	1.6	(0.14)
Sales and office occupations	18,589	(133.99)	100.0	1.0	(0.08)	4.1	(0.16)	37.9	(0.39)	25.8	(0.35)	11.6	(0.26)	16.7	(0.30)	3.0	(0.14)
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	609	(27.08)	100.0	11.0	(1.40)	9.2	(1.29)	36.8	(2.15)	19.7	(1.77)	10.7	(1.38)	10.0	(1.34)	2.6	(0.71)
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,684	(65.46)	100.0	10.1	(0.55)	14.7	(0.64)	48.9	(0.91)	14.1	(0.63)	5.6	(0.42)	5.5	(0.41)	1.2	(0.19)

—Not available. †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, unpublished 2005 annual average data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). (This table was prepared July 2006.)