Markdown tables in a description field?

I was trying to add a table into the description of a field in my yml using markdown, and the table was not rendered in the api. I'm using the exact markdown in the documentation for tables:

description: >
             Occupation Type info

             **Bold**
             `code style`

             | Left |  Center  | Right |
             |:-----|:--------:|------:|
             | L0   | **bold** | $1600 |
             | L1   |  `code`  |   $12 |
             | L2   | _italic_ |    $1 |

Other markdown is getting rendered in the description, but the table is not rendered. Are tables not supported in description fields?