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EDUCATION PAYS
Need a Reason to Stay in School?
Unemployment and earnings for workers age 25 and over, by educational attainment
Unemployment
rate in 2002
(Percent) |
Education
attained |
Median earnings
in 2001
(Dollars) |
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2.8 |
Master's degree |
56,600 |
3.1 |
Bachelor's degree |
47,000 |
4.0 |
Associate degree |
36,400 |
4.8 |
Some college, no
degree |
34,300 |
5.3 |
High-school graduate |
29,200 |
9.2 |
Some high-school, no
diploma |
22,400 |
Source: Unemployment rate, 2002 annual average: Bureau of Labor Statistics; earnings, March 2001: Bureau of the Census.
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