Table 3. Employed contingent and noncontingent workers by school enrollment and educational attainment, February 2005
Table 3. Employed contingent and noncontingent workers by school enrollment and educational
attainment, February 2005
(Percent distribution)
Contingent workers
Characteristic Noncontingent
workers
Estimate 1 Estimate 2 Estimate 3
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Total, 16 to 24 years
(thousands)....................... 915 1,027 1,553 17,071
Percent............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Enrolled................................ 59.8 57.5 59.1 41.6
Not enrolled............................ 40.2 42.5 40.9 58.4
Less than a high school
diploma........................... 11.4 11.1 12.4 9.2
High school graduates, no
college (1)....................... 15.4 15.2 13.2 25.4
Some college or associate
degree............................ 7.3 10.8 10.3 15.0
Bachelor's degree and higher (2).... 6.1 5.4 5.1 8.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 to 64 years
(thousands)....................... 1,514 2,039 3,902 111,610
Percent............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than a high school diploma......... 20.3 18.7 15.5 8.6
High school graduates, no college (1)... 25.6 25.2 24.5 29.7
Some college or associate degree........ 24.0 22.7 23.3 28.5
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........ 30.1 33.4 36.6 33.1
1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2 Includes persons with a bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Noncontingent workers are those who do not fall into any estimate of "contingent"
workers. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Last Modified Date: July 27, 2005