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| Table 501.60. | Employment to population ratios of males 16 to 64 years old, by age group and highest level of educational attainment: Selected years, 1975 through 2015 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age group and highest level of educational attainment | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 to 19 years old, all education levels1 |
— | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 65.3 | (2.82) | 63.6 | (2.87) | 69.2 | (2.70) | 56.2 | (2.10) | 58.7 | (1.72) | 45.8 | (1.77) | 44.0 | (1.72) | 47.0 | (1.94) | 48.1 | (2.00) | 48.1 | (1.92) | 51.9 | (2.37) | 51.2 | (1.92) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 51.5 | (4.20) | 50.6 | (4.26) | 63.1 | (4.09) | 47.0 | (3.07) | 45.8 | (2.44) | 34.0 | (2.70) | 31.5 | (2.64) | 37.4 | (3.03) | 34.7 | (3.25) | 33.9 | (2.63) | 43.6 | (3.64) | 37.2 | (2.72) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 78.7 | (3.51) | 76.1 | (3.87) | 74.4 | (3.77) | 63.1 | (2.88) | 67.1 | (2.47) | 51.1 | (2.35) | 51.0 | (2.37) | 51.2 | (2.84) | 52.5 | (2.51) | 55.8 | (2.86) | 58.1 | (3.28) | 58.7 | (2.49) | |||||||||||||||
| At least some college | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 83.1 | (13.41) | 75.9 | (8.99) | 77.0 | (9.81) | 70.4 | (5.98) | 74.3 | (4.67) | 62.9 | (5.37) | 61.4 | (6.00) | 60.2 | (5.67) | 64.2 | (5.72) | 65.9 | (5.64) | 57.6 | (8.04) | 63.9 | (4.71) | |||||||||||||||
| 20 to 24 years old, all education levels1 |
— | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 83.5 | (1.10) | 81.2 | (1.16) | 83.3 | (1.16) | 78.9 | (0.86) | 79.1 | (0.68) | 70.6 | (0.86) | 68.4 | (0.97) | 69.5 | (0.84) | 72.1 | (0.96) | 71.4 | (0.95) | 72.4 | (1.04) | 74.9 | (0.98) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 70.0 | (2.84) | 69.3 | (2.99) | 72.1 | (2.93) | 69.5 | (1.80) | 68.2 | (2.11) | 59.2 | (2.28) | 52.9 | (2.06) | 57.3 | (2.43) | 56.6 | (2.42) | 57.0 | (2.54) | 58.3 | (3.16) | 60.3 | (2.76) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 84.6 | (1.50) | 81.1 | (1.73) | 82.7 | (1.78) | 78.0 | (1.21) | 76.9 | (1.05) | 66.9 | (1.38) | 66.0 | (1.31) | 66.2 | (1.31) | 68.0 | (1.43) | 67.3 | (1.47) | 66.6 | (1.77) | 71.1 | (1.39) | |||||||||||||||
| Some college, no bachelor's degree3 |
— | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 91.8 | (1.98) | 87.5 | (1.97) | 92.6 | (1.65) | 84.6 | (1.43) | 85.2 | (1.38) | 77.7 | (1.69) | 74.8 | (1.71) | 75.2 | (1.66) | 80.5 | (1.59) | 77.9 | (1.51) | 78.6 | (1.82) | 79.9 | (1.57) | |||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 94.9 | (2.07) | 91.1 | (2.70) | 89.1 | (3.07) | 90.6 | (1.82) | 92.4 | (1.51) | 86.4 | (1.94) | 86.3 | (2.04) | 84.7 | (2.16) | 88.7 | (1.77) | 86.1 | (2.11) | 90.6 | (1.93) | 90.6 | (1.71) | |||||||||||||||
| 25 to 64 years old, all education levels |
84.6 | (0.36) | 85.0 | (0.34) | 83.1 | (0.36) | 84.5 | (0.34) | 83.0 | (0.34) | 84.6 | (0.33) | 81.9 | (0.25) | 81.6 | (0.22) | 77.0 | (0.25) | 76.3 | (0.27) | 76.3 | (0.27) | 77.4 | (0.25) | 78.2 | (0.27) | 78.2 | (0.35) | 79.4 | (0.26) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | 74.3 | (0.77) | 72.4 | (0.84) | 67.6 | (0.98) | 67.9 | (1.04) | 64.2 | (1.13) | 69.6 | (1.17) | 69.7 | (0.70) | 66.6 | (0.78) | 61.6 | (0.80) | 61.2 | (0.93) | 61.0 | (0.81) | 63.0 | (0.77) | 64.0 | (0.75) | 66.3 | (1.04) | 67.2 | (0.75) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | 87.2 | (0.56) | 87.0 | (0.54) | 83.5 | (0.58) | 85.1 | (0.55) | 81.9 | (0.61) | 82.9 | (0.61) | 78.6 | (0.44) | 78.3 | (0.42) | 72.1 | (0.49) | 71.7 | (0.50) | 71.8 | (0.50) | 72.6 | (0.45) | 73.1 | (0.51) | 73.6 | (0.59) | 74.7 | (0.48) | |||||||||||||||
| Some college, no bachelor's degree3 |
88.8 | (0.83) | 88.3 | (0.73) | 87.1 | (0.75) | 87.9 | (0.70) | 86.1 | (0.63) | 86.1 | (0.63) | 83.7 | (0.44) | 82.9 | (0.42) | 78.1 | (0.41) | 76.6 | (0.42) | 75.9 | (0.45) | 77.3 | (0.43) | 78.3 | (0.46) | 77.5 | (0.59) | 79.6 | (0.48) | |||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 93.8 | (0.55) | 93.6 | (0.48) | 92.4 | (0.50) | 92.5 | (0.48) | 91.4 | (0.48) | 91.8 | (0.47) | 89.4 | (0.35) | 90.0 | (0.31) | 87.6 | (0.34) | 86.9 | (0.33) | 86.9 | (0.35) | 87.5 | (0.33) | 88.0 | (0.33) | 87.7 | (0.42) | 88.0 | (0.32) | |||||||||||||||
| 25 to 34 years old, all education levels |
87.4 | (0.59) | 88.1 | (0.52) | 86.9 | (0.54) | 87.9 | (0.52) | 87.1 | (0.55) | 89.4 | (0.55) | 84.6 | (0.40) | 84.6 | (0.41) | 79.1 | (0.46) | 78.4 | (0.48) | 78.5 | (0.51) | 80.1 | (0.48) | 81.3 | (0.46) | 80.9 | (0.56) | 83.2 | (0.44) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | 76.2 | (1.78) | 76.3 | (1.80) | 75.1 | (1.87) | 75.6 | (1.77) | 73.7 | (1.91) | 78.4 | (2.04) | 78.1 | (1.23) | 73.5 | (1.40) | 66.2 | (1.45) | 66.6 | (1.42) | 66.3 | (1.47) | 70.1 | (1.51) | 70.2 | (1.32) | 73.1 | (1.88) | 73.1 | (1.59) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | 88.4 | (0.93) | 88.4 | (0.86) | 86.1 | (0.88) | 88.6 | (0.80) | 86.6 | (0.94) | 89.1 | (0.98) | 81.7 | (0.77) | 81.7 | (0.83) | 73.4 | (0.87) | 73.0 | (0.85) | 74.3 | (0.91) | 76.5 | (0.90) | 77.3 | (0.82) | 77.2 | (0.93) | 79.6 | (0.87) | |||||||||||||||
| Some college, no bachelor's degree3 |
87.7 | (1.31) | 88.5 | (1.06) | 89.7 | (1.04) | 89.7 | (1.08) | 89.6 | (0.98) | 90.7 | (1.02) | 86.4 | (0.82) | 86.3 | (0.73) | 81.4 | (0.82) | 78.7 | (0.83) | 77.5 | (0.90) | 78.2 | (0.97) | 80.7 | (0.95) | 79.1 | (1.25) | 83.0 | (0.86) | |||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 93.5 | (0.87) | 93.4 | (0.76) | 92.2 | (0.85) | 93.1 | (0.83) | 93.0 | (0.83) | 93.6 | (0.82) | 89.6 | (0.69) | 91.7 | (0.62) | 89.5 | (0.68) | 89.2 | (0.74) | 89.0 | (0.70) | 89.3 | (0.67) | 89.8 | (0.57) | 88.8 | (0.78) | 89.6 | (0.59) | |||||||||||||||
| 35 to 44 years old, all education levels |
90.1 | (0.61) | 91.1 | (0.55) | 89.1 | (0.57) | 90.2 | (0.52) | 86.8 | (0.55) | 88.8 | (0.52) | 87.2 | (0.37) | 87.1 | (0.41) | 82.7 | (0.41) | 82.3 | (0.42) | 82.4 | (0.43) | 83.3 | (0.43) | 84.7 | (0.47) | 83.8 | (0.56) | 85.6 | (0.42) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | 81.6 | (1.48) | 80.1 | (1.65) | 74.6 | (1.99) | 73.9 | (2.13) | 66.7 | (2.15) | 76.5 | (2.00) | 75.9 | (1.26) | 73.3 | (1.51) | 69.4 | (1.47) | 69.5 | (1.61) | 70.9 | (1.59) | 70.6 | (1.47) | 74.8 | (1.38) | 73.9 | (1.75) | 76.9 | (1.24) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | 91.3 | (0.95) | 92.3 | (0.85) | 88.6 | (1.00) | 89.1 | (0.91) | 85.9 | (0.98) | 87.1 | (0.93) | 83.7 | (0.71) | 83.3 | (0.76) | 77.6 | (0.80) | 77.6 | (0.92) | 76.8 | (0.83) | 78.2 | (0.97) | 79.4 | (0.88) | 78.2 | (1.17) | 80.4 | (0.82) | |||||||||||||||
| Some college, no bachelor's degree3 |
93.8 | (1.34) | 93.8 | (1.13) | 90.2 | (1.25) | 92.6 | (0.97) | 88.8 | (0.99) | 90.2 | (0.95) | 89.4 | (0.60) | 89.0 | (0.71) | 83.9 | (0.74) | 82.7 | (0.73) | 83.1 | (0.86) | 83.9 | (0.76) | 84.6 | (0.78) | 83.9 | (1.04) | 85.4 | (0.85) | |||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 97.0 | (0.77) | 97.1 | (0.65) | 96.3 | (0.62) | 96.3 | (0.59) | 95.1 | (0.66) | 95.1 | (0.67) | 94.6 | (0.45) | 94.9 | (0.41) | 92.3 | (0.56) | 91.9 | (0.55) | 91.4 | (0.51) | 92.2 | (0.51) | 92.9 | (0.48) | 92.4 | (0.75) | 93.6 | (0.53) | |||||||||||||||
| 45 to 54 years old, all education levels |
86.6 | (0.68) | 87.4 | (0.67) | 85.8 | (0.76) | 87.1 | (0.70) | 84.9 | (0.68) | 86.5 | (0.62) | 83.9 | (0.45) | 83.7 | (0.43) | 78.8 | (0.44) | 78.3 | (0.50) | 78.9 | (0.45) | 79.9 | (0.44) | 79.7 | (0.38) | 81.8 | (0.61) | 81.3 | (0.46) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | 78.2 | (1.34) | 79.6 | (1.42) | 73.2 | (1.90) | 74.3 | (2.05) | 66.4 | (2.41) | 68.5 | (2.52) | 69.9 | (1.55) | 65.5 | (1.49) | 61.4 | (1.50) | 58.8 | (1.48) | 58.6 | (1.25) | 62.5 | (1.45) | 61.1 | (1.33) | 67.3 | (1.96) | 65.0 | (1.56) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | 90.3 | (1.01) | 89.3 | (1.08) | 87.3 | (1.18) | 87.5 | (1.15) | 82.1 | (1.35) | 84.6 | (1.21) | 80.7 | (0.86) | 80.4 | (0.81) | 74.2 | (0.80) | 74.6 | (0.91) | 75.4 | (0.78) | 75.2 | (0.88) | 74.2 | (0.78) | 76.4 | (1.12) | 76.7 | (0.86) | |||||||||||||||
| Some college, no bachelor's degree3 |
91.0 | (1.66) | 89.4 | (1.78) | 89.3 | (1.76) | 88.9 | (1.58) | 87.2 | (1.29) | 86.4 | (1.18) | 84.5 | (0.84) | 85.6 | (0.64) | 80.1 | (0.84) | 79.4 | (0.80) | 79.2 | (0.81) | 81.9 | (0.74) | 82.1 | (0.69) | 83.5 | (0.95) | 82.4 | (0.87) | |||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 95.6 | (1.02) | 96.0 | (0.88) | 94.8 | (1.00) | 95.2 | (0.88) | 93.8 | (0.80) | 94.6 | (0.72) | 92.2 | (0.53) | 93.5 | (0.46) | 90.2 | (0.58) | 89.4 | (0.58) | 90.5 | (0.53) | 90.2 | (0.60) | 90.7 | (0.51) | 91.4 | (0.65) | 91.2 | (0.50) | |||||||||||||||
| 55 to 64 years old, all education levels |
71.3 | (1.00) | 69.7 | (0.98) | 64.6 | (1.05) | 64.0 | (1.12) | 63.2 | (1.13) | 64.9 | (1.09) | 67.3 | (0.66) | 68.0 | (0.54) | 65.2 | (0.59) | 64.4 | (0.61) | 64.1 | (0.61) | 65.1 | (0.58) | 66.0 | (0.54) | 65.7 | (0.76) | 67.1 | (0.53) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | 64.5 | (1.51) | 58.3 | (1.65) | 53.4 | (1.85) | 49.6 | (2.13) | 46.9 | (2.46) | 51.2 | (2.71) | 48.8 | (1.70) | 48.3 | (1.60) | 44.3 | (1.75) | 45.0 | (1.81) | 45.2 | (1.68) | 44.6 | (1.48) | 45.5 | (1.73) | 48.4 | (1.96) | 52.6 | (1.61) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | 74.9 | (1.73) | 74.6 | (1.61) | 66.1 | (1.80) | 66.0 | (1.89) | 62.7 | (1.99) | 61.0 | (1.97) | 61.8 | (1.15) | 62.9 | (1.10) | 59.3 | (1.19) | 58.5 | (1.12) | 58.2 | (1.12) | 59.1 | (1.05) | 61.1 | (1.04) | 62.6 | (1.34) | 62.2 | (1.03) | |||||||||||||||
| Some college, no bachelor's degree3 |
80.8 | (2.87) | 77.2 | (2.53) | 67.5 | (3.01) | 67.7 | (2.93) | 67.8 | (2.41) | 66.6 | (2.31) | 69.6 | (1.31) | 67.9 | (1.10) | 64.5 | (1.06) | 63.9 | (1.10) | 63.0 | (1.08) | 64.3 | (1.11) | 64.9 | (1.02) | 63.3 | (1.29) | 67.6 | (1.00) | |||||||||||||||
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 84.1 | (2.52) | 83.8 | (2.04) | 80.7 | (1.98) | 77.9 | (2.03) | 74.9 | (2.04) | 77.0 | (1.82) | 78.6 | (0.89) | 78.6 | (0.81) | 77.4 | (0.83) | 76.2 | (0.82) | 76.3 | (0.84) | 77.7 | (0.85) | 77.8 | (0.91) | 77.2 | (1.18) | 76.8 | (0.87) | |||||||||||||||
| —Not available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Data for 16- to 19-year-olds and 20- to 24-year-olds exclude persons enrolled in school. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes equivalency credentials, such as the GED credential. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Includes persons with no college degree as well as those with an associate's degree. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: For each age group, the employment to population ratio of males is the number of males in that age group who are employed as a percentage of the male civilian population in that age group. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, selected years, 1975 through 2015. (This table was prepared October 2015.) |