Table 14. Educational Attainment of Year-Round, Full-Time Workers 25 Years Old and Over, by Occupation of Longest Job in 1997, Sex, and Race Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: February 24, 1999 (Numbers in thousands. People as of March 1998. 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/.......................................... 4,596 4,859 634 487 1,806 1,726 1,323 1,571 832 1,075 Executive, administrative, and managerial workers.... 397 578 16 14 63 92 123 208 195 264 Professional specialty workers....................... 443 724 6 13 49 70 92 154 296 487 Technical and related support workers................ 129 200 3 2 27 53 67 121 33 24 Sales workers........................................ 321 345 26 32 113 154 112 112 70 47 Administrative support workers, including clerical... 417 1,333 13 48 171 507 176 595 57 183 Private household workers............................ - 39 - 23 - 13 - 3 - - Protective service workers........................... 215 106 8 10 76 38 89 48 42 10 Service workers, except private household............ 474 873 113 208 248 451 97 187 17 27 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers............... 50 7 17 4 29 3 1 - 2 - Precision production, craft, and repair workers...... 752 140 140 27 348 54 212 40 51 19 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors........ 483 377 117 85 217 205 126 78 23 10 Transportation and material moving workers........... 529 68 111 5 240 44 147 14 32 6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.. 385 69 64 17 224 41 82 10 14 - 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.... 8.6 11.9 2.6 2.8 3.5 5.3 9.3 13.3 23.4 24.5 Professional specialty workers....................... 9.6 14.9 1.0 2.6 2.7 4.1 7.0 9.8 35.5 45.3 Technical and related support workers................ 2.8 4.1 0.4 0.5 1.5 3.0 5.0 7.7 3.9 2.3 Sales workers........................................ 7.0 7.1 4.2 6.5 6.3 8.9 8.4 7.1 8.4 4.3 Administrative support workers, including clerical... 9.1 27.4 2.0 9.9 9.5 29.4 13.3 37.8 6.9 17.0 Private household workers............................ - 0.8 - 4.6 - 0.8 - 0.2 - - Protective service workers........................... 4.7 2.2 1.2 2.1 4.2 2.2 6.7 3.1 5.1 0.9 Service workers, except private household............ 10.3 18.0 17.8 42.7 13.8 26.2 7.3 11.9 2.0 2.5 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers............... 1.1 0.1 2.7 0.8 1.6 0.2 0.1 - 0.2 - Precision production, craft, and repair workers...... 16.4 2.9 22.1 5.6 19.3 3.1 16.0 2.5 6.1 1.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors........ 10.5 7.8 18.4 17.4 12.0 11.9 9.5 4.9 2.8 0.9 Transportation and material moving workers........... 11.5 1.4 17.5 1.0 13.3 2.5 11.1 0.9 3.8 0.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.. 8.4 1.4 10.1 3.4 12.4 2.4 6.2 0.7 1.7 - WHITE, NOT HISPANIC Number Total 1/.......................................... 38,329 25,370 2,691 1,162 12,257 8,535 10,246 7,513 13,136 8,160 Executive, administrative, and managerial workers.... 7,559 5,201 221 117 1,363 1,284 1,828 1,593 4,147 2,207 Professional specialty workers....................... 6,056 5,061 30 16 296 319 903 910 4,827 3,815 Technical and related support workers................ 1,173 1,192 9 31 187 270 569 644 407 247 Sales workers........................................ 4,818 2,742 132 173 1,276 1,101 1,453 758 1,958 709 Administrative support workers, including clerical... 1,888 6,682 72 193 662 3,182 649 2,469 506 837 Private household workers............................ 3 67 - 15 3 37 1 8 - 7 Protective service workers........................... 1,116 124 48 6 344 29 499 53 226 36 Service workers, except private household............ 1,290 2,196 187 271 634 1,117 385 632 84 176 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers............... 1,062 160 158 8 478 76 284 43 142 33 Precision production, craft, and repair workers...... 7,673 483 917 49 3,854 266 2,358 131 543 36 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors........ 2,380 1,068 335 224 1,325 634 579 174 141 37 Transportation and material moving workers........... 2,266 148 411 16 1,244 69 499 53 113 10 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.. 1,044 246 172 42 592 151 238 45 42 9 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.... 19.7 20.5 8.2 10.1 11.1 15.0 17.8 21.2 31.6 27.0 Professional specialty workers....................... 15.8 19.9 1.1 1.4 2.4 3.7 8.8 12.1 36.7 46.8 Technical and related support workers................ 3.1 4.7 0.3 2.7 1.5 3.2 5.6 8.6 3.1 3.0 Sales workers........................................ 12.6 10.8 4.9 14.9 10.4 12.9 14.2 10.1 14.9 8.7 Administrative support workers, including clerical... 4.9 26.3 2.7 16.7 5.4 37.3 6.3 32.9 3.8 10.3 Private household workers............................ - 0.3 - 1.3 - 0.4 - 0.1 - 0.1 Protective service workers........................... 2.9 0.5 1.8 0.5 2.8 0.3 4.9 0.7 1.7 0.4 Service workers, except private household............ 3.4 8.7 7.0 23.4 5.2 13.1 3.8 8.4 0.6 2.2 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers............... 2.8 0.6 5.9 0.7 3.9 0.9 2.8 0.6 1.1 0.4 Precision production, craft, and repair workers...... 20.0 1.9 34.1 4.2 31.4 3.1 23.0 1.7 4.1 0.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors........ 6.2 4.2 12.4 19.2 10.8 7.4 5.7 2.3 1.1 0.4 Transportation and material moving workers........... 5.9 0.6 15.3 1.4 10.2 0.8 4.9 0.7 0.9 0.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.. 2.7 1.0 6.4 3.6 4.8 1.8 2.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Armed forces not included.