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Table 379. Occupation of employed persons 25 to 64 years old, by educational attainment and sex: 2002

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                                                |              |          Percentage distribution, by highest level of educational attainment
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                                                |   Total      |     |           |        High school    |                   College
               Occupation and sex               |  employed,   |     | Less than |_______________________|____________________________________________
                                                |     in       |Total|one year of|1-4 years of|   High   |  Some    |          |          |More than a
                                                |  thousands   |     |high school|high school,|  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 ........................|112,497(193.5)|100.0|  3.4(0.18)|  6.1 (0.24)|30.5(0.46)|18.0(0.38)| 9.7(0.30)|21.3(0.41)| 10.9(0.31)
  Managerial and professional specialty ........| 38,749(151.9)|100.0|  0.3(0.09)|  1.3 (0.19)|12.2(0.56)|12.7(0.57)| 9.3(0.49)|37.2(0.82)| 27.0(0.75)
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..| 18,967(112.4)|100.0|  0.5(0.17)|  2.1 (0.35)|19.0(0.95)|18.1(0.93)| 9.3(0.71)|35.2(1.16)| 15.8(0.89)
    Professional specialty occupations .........| 19,782(114.5)|100.0|  0.1(0.08)|  0.5 (0.18)| 5.7(0.55)| 7.6(0.63)| 9.2(0.69)|39.0(1.16)| 37.8(1.15)
      Teachers, except college and university ..|  5,032 (60.0)|100.0|  0.1(0.13)|  0.5 (0.34)| 5.6(1.08)| 6.6(1.17)| 4.1(0.94)|46.7(2.35)| 36.4(2.27)
      Teachers, college and university .........|    860 (25.1)|100.0|   #   (#) |  0.1 (0.39)| 0.8(1.02)| 1.3(1.28)| 1.9(1.54)|14.8(4.05)| 81.2(4.46)
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .| 30,682(138.4)|100.0|  0.9(0.18)|  3.5 (0.35)|33.1(0.90)|24.8(0.82)|12.3(0.63)|21.2(0.78)|  4.2(0.38)
    Technicians and related support ............|  3,915 (53.1)|100.0|  0.3(0.31)|  1.0 (0.52)|18.5(2.08)|22.5(2.23)|24.0(2.28)|26.8(2.37)|  6.9(1.36)
    Sales occupations ..........................| 12,069 (91.3)|100.0|  1.5(0.36)|  4.6 (0.64)|30.4(1.40)|22.0(1.26)| 8.4(0.85)|27.6(1.36)|  5.5(0.69)
    Administrative support, including clerical .| 14,697(100.1)|100.0|  0.6(0.22)|  3.2 (0.49)|39.1(1.35)|27.6(1.23)|12.5(0.91)|14.5(0.97)|  2.4(0.43)
  Service occupations ..........................| 13,611 (96.6)|100.0|  7.8(0.77)| 11.9 (0.93)|41.3(1.41)|19.8(1.14)| 8.9(0.82)| 8.8(0.81)|  1.5(0.35)
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......| 12,733 (93.6)|100.0|  5.9(0.70)| 11.0 (0.93)|45.4(1.48)|19.2(1.17)|10.6(0.91)| 6.7(0.74)|  1.1(0.31)
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........| 14,196 (98.5)|100.0|  8.5(0.78)| 14.3 (0.98)|50.2(1.40)|15.7(1.02)| 5.8(0.66)| 4.8(0.60)|  0.8(0.24)
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|  2,526 (42.8)|100.0| 18.3(2.57)| 11.5 (2.12)|37.4(3.22)|13.8(2.29)| 6.3(1.62)|10.7(2.06)|  1.9(0.91)
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                       Men                      |              |     |           |            |          |          |          |          |
All occupational groups ........................| 60,301(176.9)|100.0|  4.2(0.27)|  7.0 (0.35)|30.6(0.63)|17.3(0.52)| 8.5(0.38)|21.0(0.55)| 11.4(0.43)
  Managerial and professional specialty ........| 19,183(113.0)|100.0|  0.4(0.15)|  1.4 (0.29)|11.3(0.76)|12.5(0.80)| 7.1(0.62)|37.2(1.17)| 30.1(1.11)
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..| 10,243 (84.5)|100.0|  0.6(0.26)|  2.3 (0.50)|16.6(1.23)|16.4(1.22)| 7.8(0.89)|37.9(1.60)| 18.2(1.28)
    Professional specialty occupations .........|  8,940 (79.2)|100.0|  0.1(0.12)|  0.4 (0.23)| 5.1(0.78)| 8.0(0.96)| 6.3(0.86)|36.4(1.70)| 43.6(1.75)
      Teachers, except college and university ..|  1,250 (30.2)|100.0|   #   (#) |  0.4 (0.60)| 3.9(1.84)| 7.4(2.47)| 3.8(1.80)|45.0(4.71)| 39.5(4.62)
      Teachers, college and university .........|    488 (18.9)|100.0|   #   (#) |  0.2 (0.68)| 0.8(1.36)| 0.8(1.36)| 1.8(2.04)|12.1(4.93)| 84.2(5.52)
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .| 11,349 (88.7)|100.0|  1.2(0.34)|  3.0 (0.54)|25.1(1.36)|23.2(1.33)|10.6(0.97)|30.0(1.44)|  6.8(0.79)
    Technicians and related support ............|  1,790 (36.1)|100.0|  0.4(0.53)|  1.0 (0.79)|15.9(2.89)|21.3(3.24)|19.4(3.12)|31.7(3.68)| 10.2(2.39)
    Sales occupations ..........................|  6,553 (68.2)|100.0|  1.3(0.47)|  3.3 (0.74)|24.5(1.78)|21.9(1.71)| 8.2(1.14)|33.6(1.95)|  7.1(1.06)
    Administrative support, including clerical .|  3,006 (46.6)|100.0|  1.4(0.71)|  3.6 (1.14)|32.1(2.85)|27.2(2.72)|10.6(1.88)|21.0(2.48)|  4.1(1.21)
  Service occupations ..........................|  5,288 (61.5)|100.0|  8.1(1.25)| 10.2 (1.39)|36.9(2.22)|21.5(1.89)| 9.8(1.37)|11.7(1.48)|  1.8(0.60)
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......| 11,681 (89.9)|100.0|  5.8(0.72)| 11.1 (0.97)|45.6(1.54)|19.3(1.22)|10.7(0.96)| 6.4(0.76)|  1.1(0.32)
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........| 10,807 (86.7)|100.0|  7.8(0.86)| 14.0 (1.12)|50.1(1.61)|16.3(1.19)| 6.0(0.77)| 5.0(0.70)|  0.8(0.28)
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|  1,994 (38.1)|100.0| 19.2(2.95)| 12.7 (2.50)|37.5(3.62)|13.3(2.55)| 5.5(1.71)|10.2(2.26)| --- (---)
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                     Women                      |              |     |           |            |          |          |          |          |
All occupational groups ........................| 52,196(169.1)|100.0|  2.5(0.23)|  5.1 (0.32)|30.4(0.67)|18.8(0.57)|11.2(0.46)|21.6(0.60)| 10.3(0.45)
  Managerial and professional specialty ........| 19,567(114.0)|100.0|  0.2(0.11)|  1.2 (0.26)|13.1(0.81)|13.0(0.80)|11.4(0.76)|37.2(1.16)| 24.0(1.02)
    Executive, administrative, and managerial ..|  8,724 (78.3)|100.0|  0.3(0.20)|  1.8 (0.48)|21.7(1.48)|20.0(1.43)|11.1(1.12)|32.2(1.67)| 13.0(1.20)
    Professional specialty occupations .........| 10,842 (86.8)|100.0|  0.1(0.11)|  0.7 (0.26)| 6.1(0.77)| 7.3(0.84)|11.7(1.03)|41.2(1.58)| 33.0(1.51)
      Teachers, except college and university ..|  3,782 (52.2)|100.0|  0.1(0.18)|  0.6 (0.40)| 6.1(1.30)| 6.3(1.32)| 4.3(1.10)|47.3(2.71)| 35.4(2.60)
      Teachers, college and university .........|    372 (16.5)|100.0|   #   (#) |   #    (#) | 0.8(1.55)| 1.9(2.36)| 1.9(2.36)|18.3(6.70)| 77.2(7.28)
  Technical, sales, and administrative support .| 19,333(113.4)|100.0|  0.7(0.21)|  3.7 (0.46)|37.7(1.17)|25.7(1.05)|13.3(0.82)|16.1(0.88)|  2.7(0.39)
    Technicians and related support ............|  2,125 (39.3)|100.0|  0.2(0.31)|  1.0 (0.72)|20.7(2.94)|23.5(3.07)|27.8(3.25)|22.6(3.04)|  4.1(1.45)
    Sales occupations ..........................|  5,517 (62.8)|100.0|  1.6(0.57)|  6.1 (1.08)|37.5(2.18)|22.1(1.87)| 8.6(1.27)|20.4(1.82)|  3.6(0.84)
    Administrative support, including clerical .| 11,691 (89.9)|100.0|  0.4(0.20)|  3.1 (0.54)|40.9(1.52)|27.7(1.38)|12.9(1.04)|12.9(1.04)|  2.0(0.43)
  Service occupations ..........................|  8,322 (76.5)|100.0|  7.5(0.97)| 13.0 (1.23)|44.2(1.82)|18.7(1.43)| 8.4(1.02)| 6.9(0.93)|  1.3(0.41)
  Precision production, craft, and repair ......|  1,052 (27.7)|100.0|  6.9(2.62)|  9.9 (3.08)|43.7(5.11)|18.6(4.01)| 9.1(2.97)|10.2(3.12)|  1.6(1.30)
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers .........|  3,389 (49.4)|100.0| 10.6(1.77)| 15.1 (2.06)|50.3(2.87)|13.9(1.99)| 5.1(1.27)| 4.2(1.15)|  0.8(0.50)
  Farming, forestry, and fishing ...............|    532 (19.7)|100.0| 15.0(5.18)| ---  (---) |37.0(7.00)|15.6(5.26)|--- (---) |12.8(4.84)| --- (---)
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# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, previously unpublished tabulations from the Current Population Survey. (This table was prepared May 2003.)


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