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November 2002 Article, Table 2

Employment of wage and salary workers age 25 and older by occupation, 1998 (numbers in thousands)

Occupation Total Number with less than a bachelor's degree Percent
All occupations 84,549 58,917 70
Accountants and auditors 1,211 427 35
Administrators and officials, public administration 579 246 42
Aircraft engine mechanics 134 117 87
Assemblers 1,005 955 95
Automotive mechanics 536 513 96
Carpenters 743 712 96
Computer programmers 491 194 40
Computer systems analysts and scientists 1,205 366 30
Construction laborers 536 517 96
Electrical and electronic engineers 580 146 25
Electrical and electronic equipment repairers, except phone 437 363 83
Electrical and electronic technicians 378 312 83
Electrical power installers and repairers 119 114 96
Electricians 608 575 95
Financial managers 628 244 39
Firefighting occupations 198 177 89
Freight, stock, and material movers, hand 871 823 94
Health technologists and technicians 1,161 908 78
Industrial machinery repairers 503 480 95
Investigators and adjusters, insurance and other 1,117 820 73
Machine operators and tenders, except precision 3,852 3,721 97
Machinists 458 437 95
Mail carriers and postal clerks 605 514 85
Managers and administrators not elsewhere classified 5,087 2,565 50
Managers, food serving and lodging establishments 797 618 78
Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 710 256 36
Managers, medicine and health 617 324 53
Material moving equipment operators 918 899 98
Mechanical engineers 301 88 29
Other financial officers 599 262 44
Plant and system operators 251 224 89
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 375 360 96
Police and detectives 982 735 75
Real estate sales occupations 337 194 58
Registered nurses 1,439 694 48
Sales occupations, other business services 442 234 53
Sales representatives, finance and business services 1,609 778 48
Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing and wholesale 1,182 674 57
Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats 254 206 81
Secretaries 2,054 1,837 89
Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations 2,895 2,081 72
Supervisors, administrative support occupations 654 469 72
Supervisors, construction occupations 460 409 89
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers 241 210 87
Supervisors, production occupations 1,096 958 87
Supervisors, protective service occupations 210 147 70
Telephone and telephone line installers and repairers 242 219 90
Tool and die makers 123 117 95
Truckdrivers 2,216 2,132 96
Welders and cutters 479 473 99
All other occupations 40,024 27,073 68

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This article originally appeared in the Occupational Outlook Quarterly Fall 1999
A publication from the Bureau of Labor Statistics