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Table A81. Percentage of adults ages 16 to 65 in the labor force who are unemployed or underemployed, by adult's degree and nondegree credential status: 2016

Credential status		Unemployed		Underemployed¹		Unemployed or underemployed¹
Total		10.2		10.1		20.3
Highest level of education
Less than high school		21.6		14.2		35.8
High school (or equivalent)		14.0		10.5		24.5
Some college, no degree		11.5		11.3		22.8
Associate’s degree		7.5		9.9		17.4
Bachelor’s degree		5.5		8.2		13.7
Graduate or professional degree		3.9		8.0		11.8
Certificate and degree status
No postsecondary certificate or degree		14.1		11.8		25.9
Postsecondary certificate, no degree		14.4		7.8		22.2
Postsecondary degree		5.5		8.5		13.9
Credential status
Have certification or license		4.8		6.6		11.4
Do not have certification or license		12.0		11.2		23.3

¹ The underemployed are adults who reported that they worked part time only but would prefer to work full time or that they worked in a temporary job but would prefer a permanent job.
NOTE: Data exclude adults enrolled in high school. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES) of the National Household Education Surveys Program, 2016.

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