Table C-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains, FY18: by Education Tier, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER      
TIER 11 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %     
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 22,291 95.92 877 3.77 71 0.31 23,239 100
   Females 7,761 95.64 320 3.94 34 0.42 8,115 100
   Total 30,052 95.85 1,197 3.82 105 0.33 31,354 100
   Percent Females 25.83 26.73 32.38 25.88
ARMY RESERVE                      
   Males 6,714 95.06 307 4.35 42 0.59 7,063 100
   Females 3,115 93.54 182 5.47 33 0.99 3,330 100
   Total 9,829 94.57 489 4.71 75 0.72 10,393 100
   Percent Females 31.69 37.22 44.00 32.04
NAVAL RESERVE                      
   Males 1,188 91.53 101 7.78 9 0.69 1,298 100
   Females 356 87.68 43 10.59 7 1.72 406 100
   Total 1,544 90.61 144 8.45 16 0.94 1,704 100
   Percent Females 23.06 29.86 43.75 23.83
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                      
   Males 5,341 96.56 179 3.24 11 0.20 5,531 100
   Females 110 86.61 15 11.81 2 1.57 127 100
   Total 5,451 96.34 194 3.43 13 0.23 5,658 100
   Percent Females 2.02 7.73 15.38 2.24
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 3,408 99.59 14 0.41 0 0 3,422 100
   Females 1,481 99.53 5 0.34 2 0.13 1,488 100
   Total 4,889 99.57 19 0.39 2 0.04 4,910 100
   Percent Females 30.29 26.32 100 30.31
AIR FORCE RESERVE                      
   Males 1,912 99.64 6 0.31 1 0.05 1,919 100
   Females 1,144 99.39 6 0.52 1 0.09 1,151 100
   Total 3,056 99.54 12 0.39 2 0.07 3,070 100
   Percent Females 37.43 50.00 50.00 37.49
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 40,854 96.19 1,484 3.49 134 0.32 42,472 100
   Females 13,967 95.55 571 3.91 79 0.54 14,617 100
   Total 54,821 96.03 2,055 3.60 213 0.37 57,089 100
   Percent Females 25.48 27.79 37.09 25.60
                       
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                  
   Males 12,351,671 84.49 (2) (2) 2,266,977 15.51 14,618,648 100
   Females 12,591,101 86.92 (2) (2) 1,894,975 13.08 14,486,076 100
   Total 24,942,772 85.70 (2) (2) 4,161,953 14.30 29,104,724 100
   Percent Females 50.48 NA 45.53 49.77
     
Note: Enlisted gains reflect an addition to the enlisted ranks between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2018. 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 2017-September 2018 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).