Table 9. Employment and total job openings by postsecondary education and training category

Table 9.  Employment and total job openings by postsecondary education and training category
(In thousands)

Most significant source                                  Employment                       Change
  of postsecondary                               Number       Percent distribution      2006-2016
education and training (1)                   2006     2016      2006      2016       Number   Percent

     Total, all occupations .............  150,620  166,220   100.0     100.0       15,600     10.4 

First professional degree ...............    1,970    2,247     1.3       1.4          277     14.0 
Doctoral degree .........................    2,025    2,462     1.3       1.5          437     21.6 
Master's degree .........................    2,167    2,575     1.4       1.5          409     18.9 
Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work
 experience ..........,..................    6,524    7,117     4.3       4.3          592      9.1 
Bachelor's degree .......................   18,585   21,659    12.3      13.0        3,074     16.5 
Associate degree ........................    5,812    6,899     3.9       4.2        1,087     18.7 
Postsecondary vocational award ..........    7,901    8,973     5.2       5.4        1,072     13.6 
Work experience in a related occupation .   14,579   15,889     9.7       9.6        1,310      9.0 
Long-term on-the-job training ...........   11,489   12,200     7.6       7.3          711      6.2 
Moderate-term on-the-job training .......   27,230   29,248    18.1      17.6        2,018      7.4 
Short-term on-the-job training ..........   52,339   56,951    34.7      34.3        4,613      8.8 

   1 An occupation is placed into 1 of 11 categories that best describes the postsecondary education
or training needed by most workers to become fully qualified in that occupation.  For more informa-
tion about the categories, see Occupational Projections and Training Data, 2006-07 edition, Bul-
letin 2602 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, February 2006) and Occupational Projections and Training
Data, 2008-09 edition, Bulletin 2702 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, forthcoming).

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