Table 3.
Occupational education and occupational income by occupation group, all workers in 2010
| Occupation Group | Occupational Education* |
Occupational Income** |
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| Architecture & Engineering | high | 93% | high | $ 78,296 |
| Life, Physical, & Social Science | high | 92% | high | $ 60,251 |
| Legal | high | 92% | high | $ 92,550 |
| Healthcare Practitioners & Technical | high | 90% | high | $ 67,493 |
| Education, Training, & Library | high | 90% | $ 39,477 | |
| Financial Specialists | high | 90% | high | $ 66,827 |
| Computer & Mathematical | high | 90% | high | $ 72,010 |
| Community & Social Services | high | 88% | $ 38,332 | |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media | high | 81% | $37,760 | |
| Business Operations Specialists | high | 80% | high | $ 58,952 |
| Management, Business, Science, & Arts | high | 76% | high | $ 76,252 |
| Technicians | 63% | $ 49,100 | ||
| Protective Service | 61% | $ 44,791 | ||
| Military | 59% | $ 43,189 | ||
| Sales & Related | 55% | $ 36,657 | ||
| Office & Administrative Support | 54% | $ 29,813 | ||
| Healthcare Support | 48% | $ 22,451 | ||
| Personal Care & Service | 45% | $ 14,393 | ||
| Installation, Maintenance, & Repair | 38% | $ 39,324 | ||
| Food Preparation & Serving | 33% | $ 14,383 | ||
| Production | 28% | $ 32,429 | ||
| Transportation & Material Moving | 28% | $ 29,042 | ||
| Construction | 26% | $ 29,982 | ||
| Extraction | 22% | $ 49,235 | ||
| Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance | 22% | $ 17,563 | ||
| Farming, Fishing, & Forestry | 17% | $ 18,955 | ||
*
Percentage of workers in this occupation group who completed at least one year of college. Occupation groups with "high education" in later analyses are ones in which at least 75% of incumbents have completed at least one year of college.
**
Average wage and salary income of workers in this occupation group. Most occupations with high occupational education also have high occupational income.