TABLE 7A.  OCCUPATION BY EDUCATION AND FIELD, 1996

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

All employed people age 15 and over
Numbers in thousands.

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|Highest Degree and Field      |                                  Occupational category                                  |
|                              |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                              |         |         |Technical|         |         |         |         |         |         |
|                              |Manager- |Profess- |   and   |         |         |         |         |         |Producti-|
|                              |   ial   |  ional  | related |  Sales  |Clerical | Service | Farming |  Craft  |   on    |
|------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|
|TOTAL                         |   18,326|   19,757|    4,407|   16,473|   20,232|   20,529|    4,393|   14,561|   20,756|
|Less than high school         |      678|      314|       88|    2,077|    1,175|    5,597|    1,780|    2,558|    5,599|
|High school graduate          |    3,467|    1,305|      739|    4,930|    7,481|    7,227|    1,453|    6,340|    9,468|
|Some college                  |    3,709|    1,829|    1,067|    4,152|    6,041|    4,257|      529|    2,787|    3,411|
|Vocational certificate        |      627|      565|      484|      522|      987|      971|       92|    1,129|      729|
|  Business                    |      184|       56|       26|      122|      371|       96|       15|       40|       80|
|  Computer, technical         |       70|       57|       79|       63|      108|       55|        5|      243|       96|
|  Vocational                  |      208|      330|      308|      207|      299|      594|       48|      584|      361|
|  Other                       |      165|      123|       71|      130|      208|      226|       23|      262|      191|
|Associate degree              |    1,421|    1,765|      776|    1,037|    1,742|      993|      186|    1,022|      723|
|  Business                    |      585|      130|       69|      379|      731|      176|       33|      131|      117|
|  Engineering                 |      140|      210|      134|      103|      146|       71|       28|      179|       90|
|  Arts,sciences               |      342|      943|      357|      245|      443|      348|       79|      139|      175|
|  Education                   |       37|       89|       10|       51|       67|       43|        5|        9|        6|
|  Vocational                  |      125|      114|       84|       84|       86|      147|       21|      367|      171|
|  Other                       |      193|      279|      121|      176|      269|      209|       21|      197|      164|
|Bachelor's degree             |    5,830|    7,208|    1,052|    3,119|    2,480|    1,233|      288|      610|      706|
|  Business                    |    2,536|      663|      146|    1,306|      780|      236|       37|      169|      163|
|  Engineering                 |      637|    1,270|      259|      222|      115|       58|       13|      127|       66|
|  Arts, sciences              |    1,494|    2,988|      488|      918|      885|      493|      164|      158|      270|
|  Education                   |      327|    1,474|       19|      260|      372|      172|       38|       62|      106|
|  Other                       |      836|      814|      140|      413|      327|      274|       36|       95|      101|
|Advanced degree               |    2,593|    6,771|      201|      636|      327|      250|       66|      116|      121|
|  Business                    |    1,011|      360|       32|      271|       48|       37|       11|       25|        9|
|  Engineering                 |      265|      699|       39|       46|       15|       13|        2|       29|       22|
|  Arts, sciences              |      531|    3,243|       91|      155|      132|      101|       20|       22|       66|
|  Education                   |      451|    1,603|       27|       71|       76|       50|       28|        9|       18|
|  Other                       |      335|      867|       12|       93|       57|       48|        5|       32|        7|
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- Indicates value of zero
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel