Table 14. Educational Attainment of Year-Round, Full-Time Workers 25 Years Old and Over, by Occupation of Longest Job in 1996, Sex, and Race Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: July 30, 1998 (Numbers in thousands. Persons as of March 1997. For meaning of symbols, see text) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Not a | | Some college | Bachelor's | | high school | High School | or associate | degree | Total | graduate | graduate | degree | or more Occupation of longest job |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------- | Male Female | Male Female | Male Female | Male Female | Male Female ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BLACK Number Total 1/......................................... 4,021 4,643 659 405 1,700 1,658 1,326 1,647 716 933 Executive, administrative, and managerial workers... 437 540 20 5 89 115 121 204 208 216 Professional specialty workers...................... 350 656 10 4 41 55 84 205 214 391 Technical and related support workers............... 138 206 2 6 26 53 76 108 34 39 Sales workers....................................... 261 299 9 26 71 109 111 99 71 64 Administrative support workers, including clerical.. - 1,308 13 50 107 405 196 689 64 165 Private household workers........................... - 54 - 19 - 34 - 1 - - Protective service workers.......................... 175 82 10 1 60 35 90 34 15 13 Service workers, except private household........... 484 831 118 169 246 455 106 185 15 23 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers.............. 57 8 43 2 12 6 2 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair workers..... 759 127 98 19 406 66 206 40 49 2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 495 416 108 85 235 253 134 64 18 14 Transportation and material moving workers.......... 522 53 133 8 235 38 149 7 5 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. 342 63 96 11 173 35 52 10 23 7 Percent Total 1/......................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial workers... 9.9 11.6 3.1 1.2 5.2 6.9 9.1 12.4 29.0 23.1 Professional specialty workers...................... 7.9 4.1 1.6 1.1 2.4 3.3 6.3 12.4 29.9 41.9 Technical and related support workers............... 3.1 4.4 0.4 1.6 1.5 3.2 5.7 6.6 4.7 4.2 Sales workers....................................... 5.9 6.4 1.3 6.5 4.2 6.6 8.4 6.0 9.9 6.9 Administrative support workers, including clerical.. 8.6 28.2 1.9 12.2 6.3 24.4 14.7 41.8 9.0 17.6 Private household workers........................... - 1.2 - 4.6 - 2.1 - 0.1 - - Protective service workers.......................... 4.0 1.8 1.5 0.2 3.5 2.1 6.8 2.1 2.2 1.4 Service workers, except private household........... 11.0 17.9 17.9 41.6 14.5 27.4 8.0 11.2 2.1 2.5 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers.............. 1.3 0.2 6.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair workers..... 17.3 2.7 14.8 4.7 23.9 4.0 15.6 2.4 6.8 0.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 11.2 9.0 16.4 21.0 13.8 15.3 10.1 3.9 2.5 1.5 Transportation and material moving workers.......... 11.9 1.1 20.1 2.0 13.8 2.3 11.3 0.4 0.7 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. 7.8 1.4 14.5 2.7 10.1 2.1 3.9 0.6 3.2 0.7 WHITE, NOT HISPANIC Number Total 1/......................................... 38,089 24,747 2,780 1,238 12,252 8,471 10,210 7,370 12,847 7,668 Executive, administrative, and managerial workers... 7,619 5,005 196 104 1,337 1,199 1,917 1,699 4,169 2,003 Professional specialty workers...................... 5,797 4,787 32 21 287 285 830 848 4,648 3,633 Technical and related support workers............... 1,168 1,084 22 20 200 261 540 555 406 248 Sales workers....................................... 4,709 2,759 165 185 1,269 1,075 1,433 858 1,843 640 Administrative support workers, including clerical.. 1,883 6,499 80 180 672 3,205 605 2,335 525 779 Private household workers........................... 6 95 - 18 3 43 4 30 - 4 Protective service workers.......................... 1,055 136 31 2 327 47 490 48 208 39 Service workers, except private household........... 1,358 2,247 211 317 630 1,141 396 588 120 201 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers.............. 1,126 190 209 26 517 64 276 64 124 36 Precision production, craft, and repair workers..... 7,510 530 870 75 3,748 273 2,357 133 535 49 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 2,346 1,006 339 228 1,360 615 536 151 111 13 Transportation and material moving workers.......... 2,426 153 444 10 1,308 111 577 26 97 7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. 1,085 256 181 53 592 151 251 36 61 16 Percent Total 1/......................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial workers... 20.0 20.2 7.1 8.4 10.9 14.2 18.8 23.1 32.5 26.1 Professional specialty workers...................... 15.2 19.3 1.1 1.7 2.3 3.4 8.1 11.5 36.2 47.4 Technical and related support workers............... 3.1 4.4 0.8 1.6 1.6 3.1 5.3 7.5 3.2 3.2 Sales workers....................................... 12.4 11.1 5.9 15.0 10.4 12.7 14.0 11.6 14.3 8.4 Administrative support workers, including clerical.. 4.9 26.3 2.9 14.5 5.5 37.8 5.9 31.7 4.1 10.2 Private household workers........................... - 0.4 - 1.5 - 0.5 - 0.4 - 0.1 Protective service workers.......................... 2.8 0.6 1.1 0.2 2.7 0.6 4.8 0.7 1.6 0.5 Service workers, except private household........... 3.6 9.1 7.6 25.6 5.1 13.5 3.9 8.0 0.9 2.6 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers.............. 3.0 0.8 7.5 2.1 4.2 0.8 2.7 0.9 1.0 0.5 Precision production, craft, and repair workers..... 19.7 2.1 31.3 6.1 30.6 3.2 23.1 1.8 4.2 0.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....... 6.2 4.1 12.2 18.4 11.1 7.3 5.2 2.0 0.9 0.2 Transportation and material moving workers.......... 6.4 0.6 16.0 0.8 10.7 1.3 5.7 0.4 0.8 0.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers. 2.8 1.0 6.5 4.3 4.8 1.8 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Armed forces not included.