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Indicator 62. Employment of High School Graduates

Employment and unemployment of high school graduates in year of graduation, by college enrollment status: October 1965 to October 1992

                                     [Numbers in thousands] ____________________________________________________________________________________   Year of  |  High school graduates   |  Graduates in the civilian labor force1/ enrollment |__________________________|_____________________________________________     and    |      |Percent | Percent  |        | Labor force |         | graduation |Number|   of   | employed | Number |participation| Percent |Unemployment            |      |total2/ |          |        |   rate1/    |employed |   rate3/ ___________|______|________|__________|________|_____________|_________|____________                                            Not enrolled in college  1965 ...... 1,305       49         72    1,071            82        88           12 1970 ...... 1,330       48         63    1,027            77        82           18 1975 ...... 1,571       49         65    1,276            81        80           20  1980 ...... 1,565       51         69    1,330            85        81           19 1981 ...... 1,407       46         66    1,180            84        79           21 1982 ...... 1,532       49         60    1,257            82        74           26 1983 ...... 1,402       47         63    1,184            84        74           26 1984 ...... 1,350       45         64    1,120            83        77           23 1985 ...... 1,127       42         62      927            82        75           25 1986 ...... 1,287       46         65    1,047            81        80           20 1987 ...... 1,144       43         69      959            84        82           18 1988 ...... 1,098       41         72      930            85        85           15 1989 ......   991       40         72      836            84        85           15 1990 ......   945       40         68      788            84        81           19 1991 ......   857       38         60      685            80        75           25 1992 ......   919       37         63      714            78        81           19                                                Enrolled in college  1965 ...... 1,354       51         25      380            28        89           11 1970 ...... 1,427       52         30      509            36        84           16 1975 ...... 1,615       51         35      641            40        88           12  1980 ...... 1,524       49         38      662            43        87           13 1981 ...... 1,646       54         36      719            44        83           17 1982 ...... 1,568       51         37      695            44        84           16 1983 ...... 1,562       53         37      702            45        83           17 1984 ...... 1,662       55         37      719            43        86           14 1985 ...... 1,539       58         39      683            44        87           13 1986 ...... 1,499       54         42      717            48        87           13 1987 ...... 1,503       57         41      698            47        88           12 1988 ...... 1,575       59         42      747            47        88           12 1989 ...... 1,463       60         41      659            45        91            9 1990 ...... 1,410       60         37      587            42        89           11 1991 ...... 1,420       62         42      675            48        88           12 1992 ...... 1,542       63         42      761            49        85           15 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment of School-Age Youth, Graduates, and Dropouts, various years; and unpublished tabulations.