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Unemployment and earnings for workers age
25 and over, by educational attainment
Unemployment
rate in 2002
(Percent) |
Education
attained |
Median earnings
in 2001
(Dollars) |
| 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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