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| Table 383. | Occupation of employed persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 2008 |
| 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 | 126,161 | (229.8) | 100.0 | 3.3 | (0.06) | 5.5 | (0.07) | 28.6 | (0.15) | 17.5 | (0.12) | 10.3 | (0.10) | 22.6 | (0.14) | 12.3 | (0.11) |
| Management, professional, and related | 49,629 | (220.0) | 100.0 | 0.4 | (0.03) | 1.0 | (0.05) | 11.6 | (0.17) | 12.6 | (0.17) | 10.5 | (0.16) | 36.6 | (0.25) | 27.3 | (0.23) |
| Management, business, and financial operations | 21,181 | (158.2) | 100.0 | 0.7 | (0.07) | 1.7 | (0.10) | 17.1 | (0.30) | 16.2 | (0.29) | 9.0 | (0.23) | 36.9 | (0.38) | 18.3 | (0.31) |
| Professional and related | 28,448 | (179.2) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.03) | 0.5 | (0.05) | 7.5 | (0.18) | 10.0 | (0.21) | 11.5 | (0.22) | 36.3 | (0.33) | 34.0 | (0.32) |
| Education, training, and library | 7,908 | (100.6) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.04) | 0.4 | (0.09) | 6.9 | (0.33) | 7.5 | (0.34) | 5.1 | (0.29) | 36.7 | (0.63) | 43.2 | (0.64) |
| Preschool and kindergarten teachers | 606 | (28.4) | 100.0 | # | (†) | 1.2 | (0.50) | 13.9 | (1.62) | 16.0 | (1.72) | 10.6 | (1.44) | 41.2 | (2.31) | 17.2 | (1.77) |
| Elementary and middle school teachers | 2,804 | (60.7) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.07) | 0.2 | (0.10) | 2.1 | (0.32) | 3.0 | (0.37) | 1.9 | (0.30) | 46.8 | (1.09) | 45.8 | (1.09) |
| Secondary school teachers | 1,155 | (39.2) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.10) | # | (†) | 1.0 | (0.35) | 1.5 | (0.41) | 1.6 | (0.42) | 45.0 | (1.69) | 50.9 | (1.70) |
| Special education teachers | 369 | (22.2) | 100.0 | — | (†) | — | (†) | 2.2 | (0.88) | 2.4 | (0.93) | 2.7 | (0.98) | 39.8 | (2.95) | 52.8 | (3.00) |
| Postsecondary teachers | 1,117 | (38.5) | 100.0 | — | (†) | # | (†) | 0.9 | (0.33) | 1.5 | (0.42) | 2.3 | (0.52) | 15.6 | (1.25) | 79.7 | (1.39) |
| Other education, training, and library workers |
1,857 | (49.6) | 100.0 | 0.3 | (0.14) | 1.1 | (0.28) | 20.2 | (1.08) | 19.9 | (1.07) | 12.5 | (0.89) | 27.1 | (1.19) | 19.0 | (1.05) |
| Service occupations | 18,647 | (149.6) | 100.0 | 7.2 | (0.22) | 10.6 | (0.26) | 39.0 | (0.41) | 19.3 | (0.33) | 10.2 | (0.26) | 11.5 | (0.27) | 2.1 | (0.12) |
| Sales and office occupations | 29,353 | (181.5) | 100.0 | 1.1 | (0.07) | 3.7 | (0.13) | 33.7 | (0.32) | 24.9 | (0.29) | 11.3 | (0.21) | 21.2 | (0.28) | 4.1 | (0.13) |
| Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 12,878 | (126.5) | 100.0 | 9.1 | (0.29) | 11.9 | (0.33) | 43.7 | (0.51) | 16.9 | (0.38) | 10.5 | (0.31) | 6.8 | (0.26) | 1.1 | (0.11) |
| Production, transportation, and material moving | 15,654 | (138.3) | 100.0 | 7.0 | (0.24) | 11.6 | (0.30) | 48.2 | (0.46) | 17.5 | (0.35) | 7.4 | (0.24) | 6.9 | (0.23) | 1.4 | (0.11) |
| Males | 67,605 | (153.5) | 100.0 | 4.1 | (0.09) | 6.4 | (0.34) | 29.7 | (0.20) | 16.8 | (0.16) | 8.9 | (0.12) | 22.0 | (0.18) | 12.1 | (0.14) |
| Management, professional, and related | 24,572 | (152.8) | 100.0 | 0.6 | (0.05) | 1.3 | (0.26) | 11.7 | (0.23) | 12.6 | (0.24) | 8.1 | (0.20) | 37.1 | (0.35) | 28.8 | (0.33) |
| Management, business, and financial operations | 12,208 | (117.1) | 100.0 | 1.0 | (0.10) | 2.0 | (0.46) | 17.4 | (0.39) | 15.4 | (0.37) | 7.6 | (0.27) | 37.5 | (0.50) | 19.1 | (0.40) |
| Professional and related | 12,364 | (117.7) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.04) | 0.5 | (0.22) | 6.1 | (0.24) | 9.8 | (0.30) | 8.5 | (0.29) | 36.6 | (0.49) | 38.3 | (0.50) |
| Education, training, and library | 2,042 | (50.8) | 100.0 | # | (†) | # | (†) | 2.6 | (0.40) | 4.1 | (0.50) | 3.3 | (0.45) | 34.5 | (1.20) | 55.4 | (1.25) |
| Service occupations | 7,919 | (96.8) | 100.0 | 8.0 | (0.35) | 9.6 | (1.19) | 36.4 | (0.62) | 19.7 | (0.51) | 9.9 | (0.38) | 13.8 | (0.44) | 2.6 | (0.20) |
| Sales and office occupations | 10,690 | (110.6) | 100.0 | 1.4 | (0.13) | 3.7 | (0.65) | 28.7 | (0.50) | 22.9 | (0.46) | 9.5 | (0.32) | 28.0 | (0.49) | 5.8 | (0.26) |
| Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 12,348 | (117.7) | 100.0 | 9.0 | (0.29) | 12.0 | (1.05) | 44.1 | (0.51) | 16.7 | (0.38) | 10.6 | (0.32) | 6.6 | (0.25) | 1.0 | (0.10) |
| Production, transportation, and material moving | 12,077 | (116.6) | 100.0 | 6.2 | (0.25) | 11.4 | (1.04) | 48.1 | (0.52) | 18.1 | (0.40) | 7.7 | (0.28) | 7.0 | (0.26) | 1.3 | (0.12) |
| Females | 58,555 | (159.9) | 100.0 | 2.3 | (0.07) | 4.5 | (0.09) | 27.3 | (0.20) | 18.3 | (0.18) | 11.8 | (0.15) | 23.2 | (0.19) | 12.5 | (0.15) |
| Management, professional, and related | 25,057 | (148.5) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.03) | 0.8 | (0.06) | 11.4 | (0.22) | 12.7 | (0.23) | 12.8 | (0.23) | 36.1 | (0.33) | 25.9 | (0.30) |
| Management, business, and financial operations | 8,973 | (99.0) | 100.0 | 0.4 | (0.07) | 1.3 | (0.13) | 16.6 | (0.43) | 17.4 | (0.44) | 10.9 | (0.36) | 36.1 | (0.56) | 17.3 | (0.44) |
| Professional and related | 16,084 | (126.8) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.03) | 0.6 | (0.07) | 8.5 | (0.24) | 10.1 | (0.26) | 13.9 | (0.30) | 36.1 | (0.42) | 30.6 | (0.40) |
| Education, training, and library | 5,866 | (81.6) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.06) | 0.5 | (0.11) | 8.4 | (0.40) | 8.7 | (0.40) | 5.8 | (0.33) | 37.5 | (0.70) | 38.9 | (0.70) |
| Service occupations | 10,728 | (107.1) | 100.0 | 6.6 | (0.26) | 11.4 | (0.34) | 40.9 | (0.52) | 19.0 | (0.42) | 10.5 | (0.33) | 9.8 | (0.32) | 1.8 | (0.14) |
| Sales and office occupations | 18,663 | (134.2) | 100.0 | 0.9 | (0.08) | 3.7 | (0.15) | 36.6 | (0.39) | 26.0 | (0.35) | 12.4 | (0.27) | 17.3 | (0.30) | 3.1 | (0.14) |
| Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 530 | (25.3) | 100.0 | 11.5 | (1.53) | 8.9 | (1.36) | 34.7 | (2.28) | 20.6 | (1.93) | 9.2 | (1.39) | 12.6 | (1.59) | 2.5 | (0.74) |
| Production, transportation, and material moving | 3,577 | (64.5) | 100.0 | 9.8 | (0.55) | 12.3 | (0.61) | 48.5 | (0.92) | 15.1 | (0.66) | 6.4 | (0.45) | 6.4 | (0.45) | 1.5 | (0.22) |
| —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 2008 annual average data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). (This table was prepared August 2009.) | |||||||||||||||||