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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 2016 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age group and highest level of educational attainment | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | 60.6 | (1.62) | 45.8 | (1.77) | 44.0 | (1.72) | 47.0 | (1.94) | 48.1 | (2.00) | 51.9 | (2.37) | 51.2 | (1.92) | 51.6 | (2.00) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 51.5 | (4.20) | 50.6 | (4.26) | 63.1 | (4.09) | 47.0 | (3.07) | 50.5 | (2.57) | 34.0 | (2.70) | 31.5 | (2.64) | 37.4 | (3.03) | 34.7 | (3.25) | 43.6 | (3.64) | 37.2 | (2.72) | 36.5 | (2.85) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 78.7 | (3.51) | 76.1 | (3.87) | 74.4 | (3.77) | 63.1 | (2.88) | 70.9 | (2.27) | 51.1 | (2.35) | 51.0 | (2.37) | 51.2 | (2.84) | 52.5 | (2.51) | 58.1 | (3.28) | 58.7 | (2.49) | 60.5 | (3.12) | |||||||||||||||
| At least some college | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 83.1 | (13.41) | 75.9 | (8.99) | 77.0 | (9.81) | 70.4 | (5.98) | 63.5 | (6.33) | 62.9 | (5.37) | 61.4 | (6.00) | 60.2 | (5.67) | 64.2 | (5.72) | 57.6 | (8.04) | 63.9 | (4.71) | 75.8 | (4.64) | |||||||||||||||
| 20 to 24 years old, all education levels1 |
— | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 83.5 | (1.10) | 81.2 | (1.16) | 83.3 | (1.16) | 78.9 | (0.86) | 80.5 | (0.75) | 70.6 | (0.86) | 68.4 | (0.97) | 69.5 | (0.84) | 72.1 | (0.96) | 72.4 | (1.04) | 74.9 | (0.98) | 75.1 | (0.92) | |||||||||||||||
| Less than high school completion | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 70.0 | (2.84) | 69.3 | (2.99) | 72.1 | (2.93) | 69.5 | (1.80) | 72.0 | (1.88) | 59.2 | (2.28) | 52.9 | (2.06) | 57.3 | (2.43) | 56.6 | (2.42) | 58.3 | (3.16) | 60.3 | (2.76) | 55.3 | (2.98) | |||||||||||||||
| High school completion2 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 84.6 | (1.50) | 81.1 | (1.73) | 82.7 | (1.78) | 78.0 | (1.21) | 78.7 | (1.16) | 66.9 | (1.38) | 66.0 | (1.31) | 66.2 | (1.31) | 68.0 | (1.43) | 66.6 | (1.77) | 71.1 | (1.39) | 73.2 | (1.41) | |||||||||||||||
| Some college, no bachelor’s degree3 |
— | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 91.8 | (1.98) | 87.5 | (1.97) | 92.6 | (1.65) | 84.6 | (1.43) | 86.4 | (1.15) | 77.7 | (1.69) | 74.8 | (1.71) | 75.2 | (1.66) | 80.5 | (1.59) | 78.6 | (1.82) | 79.9 | (1.57) | 80.4 | (1.71) | |||||||||||||||
| Bachelor’s or higher degree | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 94.9 | (2.07) | 91.1 | (2.70) | 89.1 | (3.07) | 90.6 | (1.82) | 90.4 | (1.77) | 86.4 | (1.94) | 86.3 | (2.04) | 84.7 | (2.16) | 88.7 | (1.77) | 90.6 | (1.93) | 90.6 | (1.71) | 89.0 | (1.54) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 82.3 | (0.22) | 77.0 | (0.25) | 76.3 | (0.27) | 76.3 | (0.27) | 77.4 | (0.25) | 78.2 | (0.35) | 79.4 | (0.26) | 80.0 | (0.25) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 70.5 | (0.70) | 61.6 | (0.80) | 61.2 | (0.93) | 61.0 | (0.81) | 63.0 | (0.77) | 66.3 | (1.04) | 67.2 | (0.75) | 68.4 | (0.79) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 79.2 | (0.37) | 72.1 | (0.49) | 71.7 | (0.50) | 71.8 | (0.50) | 72.6 | (0.45) | 73.6 | (0.59) | 74.7 | (0.48) | 74.7 | (0.51) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 84.1 | (0.40) | 78.1 | (0.41) | 76.6 | (0.42) | 75.9 | (0.45) | 77.3 | (0.43) | 77.5 | (0.59) | 79.6 | (0.48) | 79.2 | (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) | 89.4 | (0.31) | 87.6 | (0.34) | 86.9 | (0.33) | 86.9 | (0.35) | 87.5 | (0.33) | 87.7 | (0.42) | 88.0 | (0.32) | 89.3 | (0.33) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 86.1 | (0.40) | 79.1 | (0.46) | 78.4 | (0.48) | 78.5 | (0.51) | 80.1 | (0.48) | 80.9 | (0.56) | 83.2 | (0.44) | 83.4 | (0.50) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 79.9 | (1.12) | 66.2 | (1.45) | 66.6 | (1.42) | 66.3 | (1.47) | 70.1 | (1.51) | 73.1 | (1.88) | 73.1 | (1.59) | 75.0 | (1.69) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 84.3 | (0.77) | 73.4 | (0.87) | 73.0 | (0.85) | 74.3 | (0.91) | 76.5 | (0.90) | 77.2 | (0.93) | 79.6 | (0.87) | 77.6 | (0.97) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 86.8 | (0.68) | 81.4 | (0.82) | 78.7 | (0.83) | 77.5 | (0.90) | 78.2 | (0.97) | 79.1 | (1.25) | 83.0 | (0.86) | 83.0 | (0.90) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 91.1 | (0.65) | 89.5 | (0.68) | 89.2 | (0.74) | 89.0 | (0.70) | 89.3 | (0.67) | 88.8 | (0.78) | 89.6 | (0.59) | 91.1 | (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) | 87.6 | (0.35) | 82.7 | (0.41) | 82.3 | (0.42) | 82.4 | (0.43) | 83.3 | (0.43) | 83.8 | (0.56) | 85.6 | (0.42) | 85.9 | (0.49) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 76.3 | (1.25) | 69.4 | (1.47) | 69.5 | (1.61) | 70.9 | (1.59) | 70.6 | (1.47) | 73.9 | (1.75) | 76.9 | (1.24) | 77.3 | (1.48) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 84.8 | (0.69) | 77.6 | (0.80) | 77.6 | (0.92) | 76.8 | (0.83) | 78.2 | (0.97) | 78.2 | (1.17) | 80.4 | (0.82) | 80.2 | (1.09) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 89.3 | (0.62) | 83.9 | (0.74) | 82.7 | (0.73) | 83.1 | (0.86) | 83.9 | (0.76) | 83.9 | (1.04) | 85.4 | (0.85) | 85.6 | (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) | 94.4 | (0.42) | 92.3 | (0.56) | 91.9 | (0.55) | 91.4 | (0.51) | 92.2 | (0.51) | 92.4 | (0.75) | 93.6 | (0.53) | 93.6 | (0.52) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 84.0 | (0.43) | 78.8 | (0.44) | 78.3 | (0.50) | 78.9 | (0.45) | 79.9 | (0.44) | 81.8 | (0.61) | 81.3 | (0.46) | 82.7 | (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) | 69.1 | (1.54) | 61.4 | (1.50) | 58.8 | (1.48) | 58.6 | (1.25) | 62.5 | (1.45) | 67.3 | (1.96) | 65.0 | (1.56) | 68.8 | (1.55) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 80.6 | (0.84) | 74.2 | (0.80) | 74.6 | (0.91) | 75.4 | (0.78) | 75.2 | (0.88) | 76.4 | (1.12) | 76.7 | (0.86) | 78.1 | (0.85) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 86.6 | (0.68) | 80.1 | (0.84) | 79.4 | (0.80) | 79.2 | (0.81) | 81.9 | (0.74) | 83.5 | (0.95) | 82.4 | (0.87) | 82.4 | (0.86) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 91.5 | (0.51) | 90.2 | (0.58) | 89.4 | (0.58) | 90.5 | (0.53) | 90.2 | (0.60) | 91.4 | (0.65) | 91.2 | (0.50) | 92.5 | (0.53) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 67.5 | (0.61) | 65.2 | (0.59) | 64.4 | (0.61) | 64.1 | (0.61) | 65.1 | (0.58) | 65.7 | (0.76) | 67.1 | (0.53) | 67.7 | (0.51) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 49.1 | (1.76) | 44.3 | (1.75) | 45.0 | (1.81) | 45.2 | (1.68) | 44.6 | (1.48) | 48.4 | (1.96) | 52.6 | (1.61) | 51.9 | (1.84) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 61.7 | (1.15) | 59.3 | (1.19) | 58.5 | (1.12) | 58.2 | (1.12) | 59.1 | (1.05) | 62.6 | (1.34) | 62.2 | (1.03) | 63.1 | (0.99) | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | 69.0 | (1.17) | 64.5 | (1.06) | 63.9 | (1.10) | 63.0 | (1.08) | 64.3 | (1.11) | 63.3 | (1.29) | 67.6 | (1.00) | 65.9 | (1.06) | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | (0.95) | 77.4 | (0.83) | 76.2 | (0.82) | 76.3 | (0.84) | 77.7 | (0.85) | 77.2 | (1.18) | 76.8 | (0.87) | 79.2 | (0.78) | |||||||||||||||
| —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: Data are based on sample surveys of the noninstitutionalized population, which excludes persons living in institutions (e.g., prisons or nursing facilities); this table includes only data on the civilian population (excludes all military personnel). 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 2016. (This table was prepared October 2016.) |
