April 24, 2006 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Educational attainment of foreign-born labor force, 2005
In terms of educational attainment, 28 percent of the foreign-born labor force 25 years and over had not completed high school in 2005.
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In comparison, about 7 percent of the native-born labor force had not completed high school.
About equal proportions of both the foreign and native born had a bachelor’s degree and higher (31 and 33 percent, respectively).
These data are from the Current Population Survey. Find more information in
"Foreign-born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics in
2005" (PDF) (TXT),
news release USDL 06-640.
Related TED article:
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