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Article: CENSUS BUREAU DATA ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS EARNINGS GAP
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 15, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census issued the following press release:
Adults with advanced degrees earn four times more than those with less than a high school diploma, according to tabulations released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The series of tables, Educational Attainment in the United States: 2006[1], showed adults 18 and older with a master's, professional or doctoral degree earned an average of $79,946, while those with less than a high school diploma earned about $19,915.
The tables also showed adults with a bachelor's degree earned an average of $54,689 in 2005, while those with a high school diploma earned $29,448.
Other highlights from the tables:
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