Table 370.

Occupation of employed persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 2006

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	124,386	(231.7)	100.0	3.6	(0.06)	6.0	(0.08)	29.5	(0.15)	17.4	(0.12)	10.1	(0.10)	21.7	(0.14)	11.8	(0.11)
Management, professional, and related	47,426	(216.8)	100.0	0.5	(0.04)	1.2	(0.06)	12.2	(0.17)	12.9	(0.18)	10.5	(0.16)	35.7	(0.25)	27.0	(0.24)
Management, business, and financial operations	20,357	(155.5)	100.0	0.8	(0.07)	1.9	(0.11)	17.7	(0.31)	16.4	(0.30)	8.9	(0.23)	36.6	(0.39)	17.6	(0.31)
Professional and related	27,069	(175.6)	100.0	0.2	(0.03)	0.6	(0.06)	8.0	(0.19)	10.3	(0.21)	11.8	(0.23)	35.1	(0.34)	34.0	(0.33)
Education, training, and library	7,426	(97.6)	100.0	0.1	(0.05)	0.4	(0.09)	7.6	(0.35)	7.6	(0.35)	5.3	(0.30)	36.1	(0.64)	42.8	(0.66)
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	580	(27.8)	100.0	0.2	(0.20)	1.2	(0.52)	14.7	(1.70)	17.8	(1.83)	13.4	(1.64)	34.3	(2.28)	18.4	(1.86)
Elementary and middle school teachers	2,549	(58.0)	100.0	0.1	(0.06)	0.2	(0.10)	2.1	(0.33)	2.6	(0.36)	2.2	(0.34)	49.0	(1.14)	43.8	(1.14)
Secondary school teachers	1,059	(37.5)	100.0	0.1	(0.11)	0.1	(0.11)	0.6	(0.27)	1.1	(0.38)	1.3	(0.41)	43.0	(1.76)	53.8	(1.77)
Special education teachers	382	(22.6)	100.0	—	(†)	0.3	(0.30)	2.3	(0.89)	2.3	(0.89)	4.9	(1.28)	36.5	(2.85)	53.6	(2.95)
Postsecondary teachers	1,103	(38.3)	100.0	0.1	(0.10)	0.2	(0.15)	1.0	(0.35)	2.3	(0.52)	2.3	(0.52)	15.8	(1.27)	78.4	(1.43)
Other education, training, and library workers	1,752	(48.2)	100.0	0.3	(0.16)	0.9	(0.26)	22.7	(1.16)	19.8	(1.10)	11.6	(0.88)	26.4	(1.22)	18.3	(1.07)
Service occupations	18,021	(147.4)	100.0	7.6	(0.23)	11.0	(0.27)	39.8	(0.42)	18.7	(0.34)	10.0	(0.26)	10.8	(0.27)	2.0	(0.12)
Sales and office occupations	29,517	(182.0)	100.0	1.2	(0.07)	4.1	(0.13)	34.5	(0.32)	24.5	(0.29)	11.0	(0.21)	20.6	(0.27)	4.1	(0.13)
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	13,569	(129.6)	100.0	9.8	(0.29)	12.8	(0.33)	42.9	(0.49)	16.6	(0.37)	10.0	(0.30)	6.9	(0.25)	1.0	(0.10)
Production, transportation, and material moving	15,854	(139.1)	100.0	7.4	(0.24)	12.3	(0.30)	48.9	(0.46)	16.6	(0.34)	7.0	(0.23)	6.6	(0.23)	1.2	(0.10)
Male	67,019	(154.6)	100.0	4.5	(0.09)	6.8	(0.35)	30.4	(0.20)	16.6	(0.16)	8.7	(0.12)	21.1	(0.18)	11.9	(0.14)
Management, professional, and related	23,661	(151.0)	100.0	0.7	(0.06)	1.4	(0.28)	12.0	(0.24)	12.6	(0.25)	8.1	(0.20)	36.1	(0.36)	29.1	(0.34)
Management, business, and financial operations	11,910	(115.9)	100.0	1.0	(0.10)	2.2	(0.48)	17.5	(0.40)	15.2	(0.37)	7.6	(0.28)	37.5	(0.50)	18.9	(0.41)
Professional and related	11,751	(115.2)	100.0	0.3	(0.06)	0.6	(0.26)	6.4	(0.26)	10.1	(0.32)	8.6	(0.29)	34.6	(0.50)	39.5	(0.51)
Education, training, and library	1,924	(49.4)	100.0	0.2	(0.12)	0.3	(0.42)	2.5	(0.40)	4.6	(0.54)	3.6	(0.48)	31.9	(1.21)	56.9	(1.28)
Service occupations	7,546	(94.7)	100.0	8.8	(0.37)	9.4	(1.21)	36.7	(0.63)	19.7	(0.52)	9.5	(0.38)	13.4	(0.45)	2.4	(0.20)
Sales and office occupations	10,739	(110.8)	100.0	1.6	(0.14)	4.1	(0.69)	29.6	(0.50)	22.5	(0.46)	9.5	(0.32)	26.8	(0.49)	5.8	(0.26)
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	12,932	(120.0)	100.0	9.7	(0.30)	12.9	(1.06)	43.2	(0.50)	16.5	(0.37)	10.0	(0.30)	6.7	(0.25)	1.0	(0.10)
Production, transportation, and material moving	12,141	(116.8)	100.0	6.4	(0.25)	11.8	(1.05)	49.2	(0.52)	17.1	(0.39)	7.3	(0.27)	6.9	(0.26)	1.2	(0.11)
Female	57,367	(161.1)	100.0	2.5	(0.07)	5.0	(0.10)	28.5	(0.21)	18.3	(0.18)	11.6	(0.15)	22.4	(0.19)	11.7	(0.15)
Management, professional, and related	23,765	(146.0)	100.0	0.3	(0.04)	1.0	(0.07)	12.4	(0.24)	13.2	(0.24)	13.0	(0.24)	35.4	(0.34)	24.8	(0.31)
Management, business, and financial operations	8,447	(96.4)	100.0	0.5	(0.08)	1.5	(0.15)	18.0	(0.46)	18.1	(0.46)	10.8	(0.37)	35.2	(0.57)	15.8	(0.44)
Professional and related	15,318	(124.3)	100.0	0.1	(0.03)	0.7	(0.07)	9.3	(0.26)	10.5	(0.27)	14.2	(0.31)	35.4	(0.43)	29.8	(0.41)
Education, training, and library	5,502	(79.2)	100.0	0.1	(0.05)	0.5	(0.11)	9.3	(0.43)	8.6	(0.42)	5.9	(0.35)	37.6	(0.72)	37.9	(0.72)
Service occupations	10,475	(106.0)	100.0	6.7	(0.27)	12.1	(0.35)	42.1	(0.53)	18.0	(0.41)	10.4	(0.33)	9.0	(0.31)	1.7	(0.14)
Sales and office occupations	18,778	(134.5)	100.0	1.0	(0.08)	4.1	(0.16)	37.3	(0.39)	25.6	(0.35)	11.8	(0.26)	17.0	(0.30)	3.1	(0.14)
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	637	(27.7)	100.0	11.3	(1.38)	10.0	(1.31)	36.2	(2.10)	19.1	(1.72)	9.7	(1.29)	11.0	(1.36)	2.7	(0.70)
Production, transportation, and material moving	3,712	(65.7)	100.0	10.5	(0.55)	14.2	(0.63)	47.7	(0.90)	15.1	(0.65)	5.8	(0.42)	5.7	(0.42)	1.0	(0.18)

— Not available. † Not applicable. 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 2006 annual average data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). (This table was prepared August 2007.)