Table 4

Change in the Percent of Working Women 40–64 with Tenure of 20 Years or More, by Industry, Occupation, Marital Status, and Education

Industry1983, 19872010–2020Change
Manufacturing15.819.84.0
Public sector12.127.515.4
All other industries10.415.95.5
Occupation
 Nonroutine cognitive14.619.65.0
 Routine cognitive10.516.66.1
 Routine manual13.315.62.3
 Nonroutine manual7.010.83.8
Education and marital status
 Noncollege11.316.04.7
  Married9.917.37.5
  Unmarried14.713.9−0.8
 College11.617.35.7
  Married10.118.07.9
  Unmarried15.016.01.1

Source: Authors’ calculations from microdata to the CPS occupational tenure supplements. Self-employed and unpaid family workers are excluded.

Notes: See Table 2.