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Table 370. | Occupation of employed persons 25 years old and over, by educational attainment and sex: 2006 |
Occupation and sex | Total employed (in thousands) |
Percentage distribution, by highest level of educational attainment | |||||||||||||||
Total | Less than 1 year of high school |
High school | College | ||||||||||||||
1-4 years of high school, no completion | High school completion | 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 | 124,386 | (231.7) | 100.0 | 3.6 | (0.06) | 6.0 | (0.08) | 29.5 | (0.15) | 17.4 | (0.12) | 10.1 | (0.10) | 21.7 | (0.14) | 11.8 | (0.11) |
Management, professional, and related | 47,426 | (216.8) | 100.0 | 0.5 | (0.04) | 1.2 | (0.06) | 12.2 | (0.17) | 12.9 | (0.18) | 10.5 | (0.16) | 35.7 | (0.25) | 27.0 | (0.24) |
Management, business, and financial operations | 20,357 | (155.5) | 100.0 | 0.8 | (0.07) | 1.9 | (0.11) | 17.7 | (0.31) | 16.4 | (0.30) | 8.9 | (0.23) | 36.6 | (0.39) | 17.6 | (0.31) |
Professional and related | 27,069 | (175.6) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.03) | 0.6 | (0.06) | 8.0 | (0.19) | 10.3 | (0.21) | 11.8 | (0.23) | 35.1 | (0.34) | 34.0 | (0.33) |
Education, training, and library | 7,426 | (97.6) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.05) | 0.4 | (0.09) | 7.6 | (0.35) | 7.6 | (0.35) | 5.3 | (0.30) | 36.1 | (0.64) | 42.8 | (0.66) |
Preschool and kindergarten teachers | 580 | (27.8) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.20) | 1.2 | (0.52) | 14.7 | (1.70) | 17.8 | (1.83) | 13.4 | (1.64) | 34.3 | (2.28) | 18.4 | (1.86) |
Elementary and middle school teachers | 2,549 | (58.0) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.06) | 0.2 | (0.10) | 2.1 | (0.33) | 2.6 | (0.36) | 2.2 | (0.34) | 49.0 | (1.14) | 43.8 | (1.14) |
Secondary school teachers | 1,059 | (37.5) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.11) | 0.1 | (0.11) | 0.6 | (0.27) | 1.1 | (0.38) | 1.3 | (0.41) | 43.0 | (1.76) | 53.8 | (1.77) |
Special education teachers | 382 | (22.6) | 100.0 | — | (†) | 0.3 | (0.30) | 2.3 | (0.89) | 2.3 | (0.89) | 4.9 | (1.28) | 36.5 | (2.85) | 53.6 | (2.95) |
Postsecondary teachers | 1,103 | (38.3) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.10) | 0.2 | (0.15) | 1.0 | (0.35) | 2.3 | (0.52) | 2.3 | (0.52) | 15.8 | (1.27) | 78.4 | (1.43) |
Other education, training, and library workers | 1,752 | (48.2) | 100.0 | 0.3 | (0.16) | 0.9 | (0.26) | 22.7 | (1.16) | 19.8 | (1.10) | 11.6 | (0.88) | 26.4 | (1.22) | 18.3 | (1.07) |
Service occupations | 18,021 | (147.4) | 100.0 | 7.6 | (0.23) | 11.0 | (0.27) | 39.8 | (0.42) | 18.7 | (0.34) | 10.0 | (0.26) | 10.8 | (0.27) | 2.0 | (0.12) |
Sales and office occupations | 29,517 | (182.0) | 100.0 | 1.2 | (0.07) | 4.1 | (0.13) | 34.5 | (0.32) | 24.5 | (0.29) | 11.0 | (0.21) | 20.6 | (0.27) | 4.1 | (0.13) |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 13,569 | (129.6) | 100.0 | 9.8 | (0.29) | 12.8 | (0.33) | 42.9 | (0.49) | 16.6 | (0.37) | 10.0 | (0.30) | 6.9 | (0.25) | 1.0 | (0.10) |
Production, transportation, and material moving | 15,854 | (139.1) | 100.0 | 7.4 | (0.24) | 12.3 | (0.30) | 48.9 | (0.46) | 16.6 | (0.34) | 7.0 | (0.23) | 6.6 | (0.23) | 1.2 | (0.10) |
Male | 67,019 | (154.6) | 100.0 | 4.5 | (0.09) | 6.8 | (0.35) | 30.4 | (0.20) | 16.6 | (0.16) | 8.7 | (0.12) | 21.1 | (0.18) | 11.9 | (0.14) |
Management, professional, and related | 23,661 | (151.0) | 100.0 | 0.7 | (0.06) | 1.4 | (0.28) | 12.0 | (0.24) | 12.6 | (0.25) | 8.1 | (0.20) | 36.1 | (0.36) | 29.1 | (0.34) |
Management, business, and financial operations | 11,910 | (115.9) | 100.0 | 1.0 | (0.10) | 2.2 | (0.48) | 17.5 | (0.40) | 15.2 | (0.37) | 7.6 | (0.28) | 37.5 | (0.50) | 18.9 | (0.41) |
Professional and related | 11,751 | (115.2) | 100.0 | 0.3 | (0.06) | 0.6 | (0.26) | 6.4 | (0.26) | 10.1 | (0.32) | 8.6 | (0.29) | 34.6 | (0.50) | 39.5 | (0.51) |
Education, training, and library | 1,924 | (49.4) | 100.0 | 0.2 | (0.12) | 0.3 | (0.42) | 2.5 | (0.40) | 4.6 | (0.54) | 3.6 | (0.48) | 31.9 | (1.21) | 56.9 | (1.28) |
Service occupations | 7,546 | (94.7) | 100.0 | 8.8 | (0.37) | 9.4 | (1.21) | 36.7 | (0.63) | 19.7 | (0.52) | 9.5 | (0.38) | 13.4 | (0.45) | 2.4 | (0.20) |
Sales and office occupations | 10,739 | (110.8) | 100.0 | 1.6 | (0.14) | 4.1 | (0.69) | 29.6 | (0.50) | 22.5 | (0.46) | 9.5 | (0.32) | 26.8 | (0.49) | 5.8 | (0.26) |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 12,932 | (120.0) | 100.0 | 9.7 | (0.30) | 12.9 | (1.06) | 43.2 | (0.50) | 16.5 | (0.37) | 10.0 | (0.30) | 6.7 | (0.25) | 1.0 | (0.10) |
Production, transportation, and material moving | 12,141 | (116.8) | 100.0 | 6.4 | (0.25) | 11.8 | (1.05) | 49.2 | (0.52) | 17.1 | (0.39) | 7.3 | (0.27) | 6.9 | (0.26) | 1.2 | (0.11) |
Female | 57,367 | (161.1) | 100.0 | 2.5 | (0.07) | 5.0 | (0.10) | 28.5 | (0.21) | 18.3 | (0.18) | 11.6 | (0.15) | 22.4 | (0.19) | 11.7 | (0.15) |
Management, professional, and related | 23,765 | (146.0) | 100.0 | 0.3 | (0.04) | 1.0 | (0.07) | 12.4 | (0.24) | 13.2 | (0.24) | 13.0 | (0.24) | 35.4 | (0.34) | 24.8 | (0.31) |
Management, business, and financial operations | 8,447 | (96.4) | 100.0 | 0.5 | (0.08) | 1.5 | (0.15) | 18.0 | (0.46) | 18.1 | (0.46) | 10.8 | (0.37) | 35.2 | (0.57) | 15.8 | (0.44) |
Professional and related | 15,318 | (124.3) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.03) | 0.7 | (0.07) | 9.3 | (0.26) | 10.5 | (0.27) | 14.2 | (0.31) | 35.4 | (0.43) | 29.8 | (0.41) |
Education, training, and library | 5,502 | (79.2) | 100.0 | 0.1 | (0.05) | 0.5 | (0.11) | 9.3 | (0.43) | 8.6 | (0.42) | 5.9 | (0.35) | 37.6 | (0.72) | 37.9 | (0.72) |
Service occupations | 10,475 | (106.0) | 100.0 | 6.7 | (0.27) | 12.1 | (0.35) | 42.1 | (0.53) | 18.0 | (0.41) | 10.4 | (0.33) | 9.0 | (0.31) | 1.7 | (0.14) |
Sales and office occupations | 18,778 | (134.5) | 100.0 | 1.0 | (0.08) | 4.1 | (0.16) | 37.3 | (0.39) | 25.6 | (0.35) | 11.8 | (0.26) | 17.0 | (0.30) | 3.1 | (0.14) |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance | 637 | (27.7) | 100.0 | 11.3 | (1.38) | 10.0 | (1.31) | 36.2 | (2.10) | 19.1 | (1.72) | 9.7 | (1.29) | 11.0 | (1.36) | 2.7 | (0.70) |
Production, transportation, and material moving | 3,712 | (65.7) | 100.0 | 10.5 | (0.55) | 14.2 | (0.63) | 47.7 | (0.90) | 15.1 | (0.65) | 5.8 | (0.42) | 5.7 | (0.42) | 1.0 | (0.18) |
— Not available. † Not applicable. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished 2006 annual average data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). (This table was prepared August 2007.) |