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Disabled workers in our labor force Trends, levels, and strategies for employment

Breakout by sector‌ with disability

w/o disability

Mining, quarrying, extraction

0.7%

0.7%

Construction

6.0

6.5

Manufacturing

10.5

10.3

Wholesale trade

2.0

2.6

Retail trade

13.0

14.1

Transportation/utilities

5.3

5.1

Information

1.8

2.1

Financial activities

5.7

6.5

Professional/business services

10.8

11.7

Education & health

22.3

22.6

Leisure & hospitality

8.9

9.4

Other services

5.4

4.9

Public administration

4.4

4.7

…and by class of worker W Wage & salary

89.0%

93.0%

Private industries

75.5

79.5

Government

14.6

14.1

Federal

3.1

2.4

State

5.0

4.4

Local

6.6

7.3

10.9

6.4

Self-employed, unincorporated

EPOP and Unemployment rates 2013 averages Age In thousands

with a disability

without a disability

Total 16+ Characteristic

28,634 EPOP

Un-rate

217,045 EPOP

Un-rate

16 to 64

26.8%

14.7

70.7

7.2

16 to 19

13.4

42.3

27.1

22.5

20 to 24

31.0

27.9

62.9

12.4

25 to 34

35.7

17.2

77.0

7.2

35 to 44

31.7

15.1

79.9

5.6

45 to 54

26.9

12.3

80.4

5.4

55 to 64

23.3

9.4

67.7

5.1

65+

6.9

6.0

22.4

5.3

EPOP and unemployment rates, aka education matters Educational attainment In thousands

with a disability

without a disability

Age 25 +

EPOP 17.3

Un-rate 11.4

EPOP 67.4

Un-rate 5.8

Less than HS

7.6

17.9

50.6

10.6

HS

15.3

11.3

61.8

7.3

Some college

21.9

11.5

69.3

6.1

BA +

27.8

8.8

75.9

3.5