Table C-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains, FY17: by Education Tier, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER      
TIER 11 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %     
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 21,664 95.06 1,020 4.48 107 0.47 22,791 100
   Females 7,074 94.99 327 4.39 46 0.62 7,447 100
   Total 28,738 95.04 1,347 4.45 153 0.51 30,238 100
   Percent Females 24.62 24.28 30.07 24.63
ARMY RESERVE                      
   Males 7,878 94.07 412 4.92 85 1.01 8,375 100
   Females 3,240 94.08 176 5.11 28 0.81 3,444 100
   Total 11,118 94.07 588 4.98 113 0.96 11,819 100
   Percent Females 29.14 29.93 24.78 29.14
NAVAL RESERVE                      
   Males 1,460 92.17 108 6.82 16 1.01 1,584 100
   Females 491 88.15 53 9.52 13 2.33 557 100
   Total 1,951 91.13 161 7.52 29 1.35 2,141 100
   Percent Females 25.17 32.92 44.83 26.02
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                      
   Males 5,264 96.59 180 3.30 6 0.11 5,450 100
   Females 100 84.75 16 13.56 2 1.69 118 100
   Total 5,364 96.34 196 3.52 8 0.14 5,568 100
   Percent Females 1.86 8.16 25.00 2.12
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 3,454 99.42 18 0.52 2 0.06 3,474 100
   Females 1,386 99.28 8 0.57 2 0.14 1,396 100
   Total 4,840 99.38 26 0.53 4 0.08 4,870 100
   Percent Females 28.64 30.77 50.00 28.67
AIR FORCE RESERVE                      
   Males 1,796 99.83 3 0.17 0 0 1,799 100
   Females 1,039 99.52 5 0.48 0 0 1,044 100
   Total 2,835 99.72 8 0.28 0 0 2,843 100
   Percent Females 36.65 62.50 ----- 36.72
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 41,516 95.50 1,741 4.00 216 0.50 43,473 100
   Females 13,330 95.17 585 4.18 91 0.65 14,006 100
   Total 54,846 95.42 2,326 4.05 307 0.53 57,479 100
   Percent Females 24.30 25.15 29.64 24.37
                       
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                  
   Males 12,382,438 83.89 (2) (2) 2,377,963 16.11 14,760,401 100
   Females 12,710,617 87.49 (2) (2) 1,817,374 12.51 14,527,990 100
   Total 25,093,055 85.68 (2) (2) 4,195,336 14.32 29,288,391 100
   Percent Females 50.65 NA 43.32 49.60
     
Note: Enlisted gains reflect an addition to the enlisted ranks between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of the officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of a gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
1. Tier 1 recruits are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also include people with educational backgrounds beyond high school, as well as those who have earned adult education diplomas, those with one semester of college, and those who have attended virtual or distance learning and adult or alternative schools.  Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development certificate (GED).  Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates.
2. Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tier 1 and Tier 2.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of  Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, October 2016-September 2017 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).