Table 3

Demographic characteristics of telecommunications workers: Share of workers by age, education, gender, race/ethnicity, and nativity, select periods, 1973 to 2019

1973–1979 1983–1986 2003–2006 2016–2019
Age
16–24 18.6% 10.0% 8.7% 6.9%
25–54 73.4% 81.0% 80.8% 73.1%
55–64 7.2% 8.3% 9.1% 16.7%
65+ 0.8% 0.8% 1.4% 3.2%
Average age 36 38 40 43
Educational attainment
Less than high school 7.1% 4.6% 2.1% 1.5%
High school 56.3% 46.2% 24.7% 20.4%
Some college 28.3% 32.1% 37.8% 33.4%
College degree 7.3% 13.7% 25.8% 31.1%
Advanced degree 1.0% 3.5% 9.5% 13.6%
Gender
Women 48.4% 45.4% 41.6% 30.8%
Men 51.6% 54.6% 58.5% 69.3%
Race/ethnicity
White 86.2% 80.1% 68.1% 62.0%
Black 10.0% 12.6% 15.9% 14.3%
Latino 2.8% 5.1% 9.3% 13.3%
Other 1.1% 2.1% 0.8% 0.9%
Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) n.a. n.a. 6.0% 9.6%
Nativity
Foreign born n.a. n.a. 10.4% 15.5%
U.S. born n.a. n.a. 89.6% 84.5%

Notes: Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive. Prior to 1989, AAPI was not reported separately and included in “Other.” Data on nativity are not available for 1973–1986.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey data (EPI 2020).

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