Workplace Segregation between College and Noncollege Workers

We measure the level and growth of educational segregation in US workplaces from 2000 to 2020. US workplaces showed an educational segregation, measured by the degree to which the establishment has mostly workers of similar education levels, that is comparable to racial residential segregation in a typical metro area. Workplace isolation was particularly high for young and male workers without college degrees. The isolation of noncollege workers is increasing over time. In a companion work, we document that the career trajectories of noncollege workers were diminished when they were in establishments in 2000 that contained fewer college-educated workers.