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May 15, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Education and training across occupation groups

Number of occupations assigned to education categories, by occupation group
Occupation group Typical education needed for entry
  Total   Less than high school High school diploma or equivalent Some college, no degree Post-secondary nondegree award Associate's degree Bachelor's degree Master's degree Doctoral or professional degree

Total, all occupations

 749 96 350 6 42 47 154 29 25

Management

 33 – 8 1 – 2 20 2 –

Business and financial operations

 30 1 8 – 1 – 20 – –

Computer and mathematical

 16 – – 1 – – 12 2 1

Architecture and engineering

 35 – 1 – – 12 22 – –

Life, physical, and social science

 43 – – – – 8 19 9 7

Community and social service

 17 – 2 – – – 9 6 –

Legal

 9 – 2 – 1 1 2 – 3

Education, training, and library

 24 – 2 – 1 1 15 4 1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

 41 – 18 1 2 1 19 – –

Healthcare practitioners and technical

 46 – 4 – 6 11 6 6 13

Healthcare support

 15 1 8 – 4 2 – – –

Protective service

 22 – 19 1 2 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related

 18 15 2 – 1 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

 10 4 6 – – – – – –

Personal care and service

 33 6 18 1 6 1 1 – –

Sales and related

 22 6 13 – – – 3 – –

Office and administrative support

 55 1 50 – – 2 2 – –

Farming, fishing, and forestry

 11 3 7 – – – 1 – –

Construction and extraction

 59 20 39 – – – – – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 51 1 31 – 15 4 – – –

Production

 107 14 90 – 2 1 – – –

Transportation and material moving

 52 24 22 1 1 1 3 – –

These data are featured in the TED article, Education and training across occupation groups.

 
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