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Table 394. | Occupation of employed persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 2010 |
Occupation and sex | Total employed (in thousands) |
Percentage distribution, by highest level of educational attainment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | Less than 1 year of high school |
High school | College | |||||||||||||||||||||
1-4 years of high school, no completion |
High school completion (includes equivalency) |
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 | 121,987 | (234.0) | 100.0 | 3.1 | (0.06) | 5.1 | (0.07) | 28.1 | (0.15) | 17.1 | (0.12) | 10.6 | (0.10) | 22.9 | (0.14) | 13.0 | (0.11) | |||||||
Management, professional, and related | 48,913 | (219.0) | 100.0 | 0.4 | (0.03) | 1.0 | (0.05) | 11.5 | (0.17) | 12.1 | (0.17) | 10.7 | (0.16) | 36.1 | (0.25) | 28.3 | (0.24) | |||||||
Management, business, and financial operations | 20,206 | (155.0) | 100.0 | 0.6 | (0.06) | 1.7 | (0.11) | 17.0 | (0.31) | 15.8 | (0.30) | 8.7 | (0.23) | 37.2 | (0.39) | 18.9 | (0.32) | |||||||
Professional and related | 28,707 | (179.9) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.03) | 0.5 | (0.05) | 7.7 | (0.18) | 9.5 | (0.20) | 12.0 | (0.22) | 35.2 | (0.33) | 34.9 | (0.33) | |||||||
Education, training, and library | 7,929 | (100.7) | 100.0 | 0.1 | ! | (0.05) | 0.4 | (0.08) | 7.1 | (0.33) | 7.5 | (0.34) | 5.2 | (0.29) | 34.9 | (0.62) | 44.9 | (0.65) | ||||||
Preschool and kindergarten teachers | 627 | (28.9) | 100.0 | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 14.4 | (1.62) | 16.5 | (1.71) | 13.4 | (1.57) | 35.9 | (2.22) | 18.7 | (1.80) | |||||||
Elementary and middle school teachers | 2,688 | (59.5) | 100.0 | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 2.4 | (0.34) | 2.9 | (0.38) | 1.7 | (0.29) | 45.2 | (1.11) | 47.6 | (1.11) | |||||||
Secondary school teachers | 1,163 | (39.3) | 100.0 | # | (†) | — | (†) | 0.9 | ! | (0.31) | 1.6 | (0.43) | 1.2 | ! | (0.37) | 43.1 | (1.68) | 53.2 | (1.69) | |||||
Special education teachers | 365 | (22.1) | 100.0 | — | (†) | # | (†) | 2.5 | ! | (0.94) | 2.5 | ! | (0.94) | 4.4 | (1.24) | 35.3 | (2.89) | 55.3 | (3.01) | |||||
Postsecondary teachers | 1,193 | (39.8) | 100.0 | # | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 1.2 | ! | (0.36) | 2.3 | (0.50) | 2.0 | (0.47) | 13.7 | (1.15) | 80.8 | (1.32) | ||||||
Other education, training, and library workers |
1,892 | (50.0) | 100.0 | ‡ | (†) | 1.0 | (0.26) | 19.8 | (1.06) | 18.6 | (1.04) | 12.0 | (0.87) | 28.1 | (1.19) | 20.2 | (1.07) | |||||||
Service occupations | 19,226 | (151.7) | 100.0 | 7.2 | (0.22) | 9.9 | (0.25) | 38.1 | (0.40) | 19.9 | (0.33) | 10.7 | (0.26) | 11.8 | (0.27) | 2.3 | (0.12) | |||||||
Sales and office occupations | 27,833 | (177.6) | 100.0 | 1.1 | (0.07) | 3.5 | (0.13) | 33.2 | (0.33) | 23.8 | (0.30) | 11.6 | (0.22) | 22.4 | (0.29) | 4.4 | (0.14) | |||||||
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 11,675 | (120.9) | 100.0 | 8.5 | (0.30) | 11.3 | (0.34) | 44.1 | (0.53) | 17.1 | (0.40) | 10.7 | (0.33) | 7.0 | (0.27) | 1.3 | (0.12) | |||||||
Production, transportation, and material moving | 14,339 | (132.9) | 100.0 | 6.9 | (0.24) | 11.1 | (0.30) | 48.4 | (0.48) | 17.1 | (0.36) | 8.1 | (0.26) | 7.2 | (0.25) | 1.3 | (0.11) | |||||||
Males | 64,765 | (158.6) | 100.0 | 3.9 | (0.09) | 6.0 | (0.11) | 29.6 | (0.20) | 16.6 | (0.17) | 9.0 | (0.13) | 22.2 | (0.19) | 12.7 | (0.15) | |||||||
Management, professional, and related | 23,866 | (151.4) | 100.0 | 0.5 | (0.05) | 1.2 | (0.08) | 11.7 | (0.24) | 12.3 | (0.24) | 8.0 | (0.20) | 36.4 | (0.35) | 29.8 | (0.34) | |||||||
Management, business, and financial operations | 11,606 | (114.6) | 100.0 | 0.8 | (0.10) | 2.0 | (0.15) | 17.0 | (0.40) | 15.3 | (0.38) | 7.6 | (0.28) | 37.8 | (0.51) | 19.4 | (0.42) | |||||||
Professional and related | 12,260 | (117.3) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.04) | 0.5 | (0.07) | 6.7 | (0.26) | 9.5 | (0.30) | 8.4 | (0.29) | 35.1 | (0.49) | 39.6 | (0.50) | |||||||
Education, training, and library | 2,064 | (51.1) | 100.0 | # | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 3.5 | (0.46) | 4.5 | (0.52) | 2.9 | (0.42) | 30.8 | (1.16) | 58.0 | (1.24) | |||||||
Service occupations | 8,253 | (98.6) | 100.0 | 7.9 | (0.34) | 8.8 | (0.35) | 36.3 | (0.60) | 20.5 | (0.51) | 9.7 | (0.37) | 14.0 | (0.44) | 2.7 | (0.20) | |||||||
Sales and office occupations | 10,247 | (108.6) | 100.0 | 1.5 | (0.14) | 3.7 | (0.21) | 28.6 | (0.51) | 21.8 | (0.46) | 9.8 | (0.33) | 28.4 | (0.51) | 6.1 | (0.27) | |||||||
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 11,152 | (112.7) | 100.0 | 8.4 | (0.30) | 11.4 | (0.34) | 44.5 | (0.54) | 17.0 | (0.40) | 10.7 | (0.33) | 6.8 | (0.27) | 1.3 | (0.12) | |||||||
Production, transportation, and material moving | 11,247 | (113.1) | 100.0 | 6.2 | (0.26) | 10.7 | (0.33) | 48.6 | (0.54) | 17.5 | (0.41) | 8.2 | (0.29) | 7.5 | (0.28) | 1.3 | (0.12) | |||||||
Females | 57,222 | (161.2) | 100.0 | 2.2 | (0.07) | 4.2 | (0.09) | 26.4 | (0.20) | 17.7 | (0.18) | 12.4 | (0.15) | 23.8 | (0.20) | 13.3 | (0.16) | |||||||
Management, professional, and related | 25,047 | (148.5) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.03) | 0.7 | (0.06) | 11.4 | (0.22) | 11.9 | (0.23) | 13.2 | (0.24) | 35.7 | (0.33) | 26.9 | (0.31) | |||||||
Management, business, and financial operations | 8,600 | (97.2) | 100.0 | 0.4 | (0.07) | 1.3 | (0.14) | 17.0 | (0.45) | 16.5 | (0.44) | 10.3 | (0.36) | 36.4 | (0.57) | 18.1 | (0.46) | |||||||
Professional and related | 16,447 | (127.9) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.03) | 0.4 | (0.06) | 8.4 | (0.24) | 9.6 | (0.25) | 14.7 | (0.30) | 35.4 | (0.41) | 31.4 | (0.40) | |||||||
Education, training, and library | 5,864 | (81.6) | 100.0 | 0.2 | ! | (0.06) | 0.4 | (0.09) | 8.4 | (0.40) | 8.5 | (0.40) | 6.0 | (0.34) | 36.3 | (0.69) | 40.3 | (0.71) | ||||||
Service occupations | 10,974 | (108.2) | 100.0 | 6.7 | (0.26) | 10.7 | (0.33) | 39.5 | (0.51) | 19.5 | (0.42) | 11.5 | (0.34) | 10.1 | (0.32) | 2.0 | (0.15) | |||||||
Sales and office occupations | 17,587 | (131.2) | 100.0 | 0.8 | (0.07) | 3.4 | (0.15) | 35.8 | (0.40) | 25.0 | (0.36) | 12.7 | (0.28) | 18.8 | (0.32) | 3.4 | (0.15) | |||||||
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 523 | (25.1) | 100.0 | 12.2 | (1.58) | 7.6 | (1.28) | 36.3 | (2.32) | 19.1 | (1.89) | 10.7 | (1.49) | 11.9 | (1.56) | 2.1 | ! | (0.69) | ||||||
Production, transportation, and material moving | 3,092 | (60.2) | 100.0 | 9.3 | (0.58) | 12.6 | (0.66) | 47.4 | (0.99) | 15.3 | (0.71) | 7.7 | (0.53) | 6.3 | (0.48) | 1.4 | (0.23) |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
#Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
‡Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and missing data. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished 2010 annual average data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). (This table was prepared September 2011.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||