Chart: Local government workers are highly educated: Educational attainment of private-sector and local government workers

Table 1

	< High school	High school	Some college	Bachelor’s	Advanced degree
U.S.
Private sector	8%	27%	28%	25%	12%
Local government	2%	16%	23%	29%	31%
Virginia
Private sector	7%	22%	25%	30%	17%
Local government	1%	15%	16%	28%	40%
Northern Virginia
Private sector	6%	14%	19%	38%	22%
Local government	2%	7%	14%	26%	51%

Note: Statistics shown are for wage and salary workers ages 18–64 working 35 or more hours per week.

Source: Author’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey microdata, pooled years 2015–2019.

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