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Table 373.Occupation of employed persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 1995

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                                                |         |             Percentage distribution, by years of school completed
                                                |         |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                |  Total  |       |         |   High school     |                     College
               Sex and occupation               |employed,|       |Less than|-------------------|------------------------------------------
                                                |   in    | Total |one year |1-4 years | High   |  Some   |         |          |More than a
                                                |thousands|       |high scho|high schoo| school |college, |Associate|Bachelor's|bachelor's
                                                |         |       |         |no diploma|graduate|no degree| degree  |  degree  |  degree
------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|---------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------|-----------
                       1                        |    2    |   3   |    4    |    5     |   6    |    7    |    8    |    9     |    10
------------------------------------------------|---------|-------|---------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------|-----------
                  All persons                   |         |       |         |          |        |         |         |          |
All occupational groups ........................| 106,037 | 100.0 |     3.7 |      6.7 |   33.0 |    19.3 |     8.7 |     18.8 |       9.9
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  33,317 | 100.0 |     0.4 |      1.4 |   13.0 |    14.2 |     8.7 |     35.6 |      26.8
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|  16,345 | 100.0 |     0.7 |      2.1 |   20.6 |    20.3 |     8.4 |     33.1 |      14.8
    Professional specialty occupations .........|  16,971 | 100.0 |     0.2 |      0.6 |    5.6 |     8.2 |     9.1 |     37.9 |      38.4
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   4,148 | 100.0 |     0.1 |      0.6 |    5.0 |     6.2 |     3.1 |     47.9 |      37.2
      Teachers, college and university .........|     774 | 100.0 |     0.0 |      0.0 |    1.3 |     1.9 |     1.9 |     14.7 |      80.2
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  30,772 | 100.0 |     0.8 |      3.5 |   36.0 |    26.5 |    11.3 |     18.3 |       3.6
    Technicians and related support ............|   3,472 | 100.0 |     0.2 |      1.2 |   19.7 |    25.3 |    23.8 |     24.1 |       5.6
    Sales occupations ..........................|  11,758 | 100.0 |     1.4 |      5.0 |   33.3 |    23.4 |     7.9 |     24.0 |       5.0
    Administrative support, including clerical .|  15,543 | 100.0 |     0.6 |      2.9 |   41.6 |    29.0 |    11.0 |     12.7 |       2.1
  Service occupations ..........................|  12,421 | 100.0 |     7.9 |     12.8 |   43.2 |    20.1 |     7.5 |      7.1 |       1.3
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|  12,094 | 100.0 |     5.0 |     11.0 |   47.8 |    20.3 |     9.0 |      5.8 |       1.1
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|  14,483 | 100.0 |     9.3 |     15.6 |   50.4 |    15.4 |     4.8 |      4.0 |       0.6
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|   2,949 | 100.0 |    18.9 |     11.8 |   39.1 |    13.7 |     5.2 |      9.4 |       1.8
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                       Men                      |         |       |         |          |        |         |         |          |
All occupational groups ........................|  57,420 | 100.0 |     4.5 |      7.2 |   32.1 |    18.6 |     7.7 |     19.1 |      10.9
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  17,510 | 100.0 |     0.6 |      1.4 |   11.6 |    14.0 |     6.6 |     35.7 |      30.1
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|   9,439 | 100.0 |     0.9 |      2.2 |   17.5 |    18.6 |     7.3 |     36.3 |      17.2
    Professional specialty occupations .........|   8,072 | 100.0 |     0.2 |      0.5 |    4.8 |     8.5 |     5.9 |     35.0 |      45.1
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   1,049 | 100.0 |     0.2 |      0.2 |    4.1 |     6.0 |     3.1 |     44.1 |      42.1
      Teachers, college and university .........|     431 | 100.0 |     0.0 |      0.0 |    0.9 |     2.1 |     1.2 |     11.1 |      84.7
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  11,118 | 100.0 |     1.2 |      3.2 |   27.3 |    25.3 |    10.2 |     26.6 |       6.3
    Technicians and related support ............|   1,686 | 100.0 |     0.1 |      1.5 |   17.6 |    26.0 |    20.0 |     27.3 |       7.3
    Sales occupations ..........................|   6,398 | 100.0 |     1.4 |      3.4 |   26.7 |    23.9 |     7.8 |     30.0 |       6.8
    Administrative support, including clerical .|   3,034 | 100.0 |     1.3 |      3.8 |   34.1 |    27.9 |     9.6 |     18.9 |       4.5
  Service occupations ..........................|   4,723 | 100.0 |     8.1 |      9.3 |   39.0 |    23.1 |     8.6 |     10.0 |       1.9
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|  11,014 | 100.0 |     4.9 |     11.0 |   47.8 |    20.4 |     9.3 |      5.7 |       1.0
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|  10,741 | 100.0 |     8.7 |     14.7 |   49.9 |    16.4 |     5.2 |      4.3 |       0.7
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|   2,314 | 100.0 |    20.4 |     12.5 |   38.3 |    13.2 |     4.8 |      9.1 |       1.6
                                                |         |       |         |          |        |         |         |          |
                     Women                      |         |       |         |          |        |         |         |          |
All occupational groups ........................|  48,617 | 100.0 |     2.7 |      6.0 |   34.1 |    20.1 |    10.0 |     18.4 |       8.7
  Managerial and professional specialty ........|  15,806 | 100.0 |     0.2 |      1.3 |   14.5 |    14.4 |    11.1 |     35.4 |      23.2
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|   6,906 | 100.0 |     0.4 |      2.0 |   24.9 |    22.6 |     9.9 |     28.8 |      11.4
    Professional specialty occupations .........|   8,900 | 100.0 |     0.1 |      0.7 |    6.3 |     8.0 |    12.0 |     40.5 |      32.4
      Teachers, except college and university ..|   3,099 | 100.0 |     0.1 |      0.7 |    5.3 |     6.3 |     3.1 |     49.1 |      35.5
      Teachers, college and university .........|     343 | 100.0 |     0.0 |      0.0 |    1.7 |     1.7 |     2.9 |     19.2 |      74.6
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .|  19,654 | 100.0 |     0.6 |      3.7 |   40.9 |    27.1 |    11.9 |     13.6 |       2.1
    Technicians and related support ............|   1,786 | 100.0 |     0.3 |      0.9 |   21.7 |    24.6 |    27.4 |     21.0 |       4.1
    Sales occupations ..........................|   5,360 | 100.0 |     1.3 |      6.8 |   41.3 |    22.9 |     8.0 |     16.8 |       2.9
    Administrative support, including clerical .|  12,509 | 100.0 |     0.4 |      2.7 |   43.5 |    29.3 |    11.4 |     11.2 |       1.6
  Service occupations ..........................|   7,698 | 100.0 |     7.8 |     15.0 |   45.8 |    18.3 |     6.8 |      5.3 |       1.0
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|   1,080 | 100.0 |     5.9 |     11.9 |   48.2 |    19.1 |     6.5 |      6.9 |       1.5
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|   3,742 | 100.0 |    10.9 |     17.9 |   51.7 |    12.5 |     3.4 |      3.2 |       0.5
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|     636 | 100.0 |    13.4 |      9.1 |   42.1 |    15.7 |     6.8 |     10.4 |       2.7
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NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Industry and Occupation tables, unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 1996.)


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