|
Average Annual Wages |
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|
Gender |
Year |
High School Diploma |
Bachelor’s Degree |
Ratio (High School Diploma wages/ Bachelor’s Degree Wages) |
|
Men |
1996 |
$24,814 |
$39,624 |
.63 |
|
|
2001 |
$28,343 |
$49,985 |
.57 |
|
% change in
Men’s wages ’96 – ‘01 |
|
+14% |
+26% |
|
|
Woman |
1996 |
$12,702 |
$25,192 |
.50 |
|
|
2001 |
$15,665 |
$30,973 |
.51 |
|
% change in
Women’s wages ’96 – ‘01 |
|
+23% |
+23% |
|
* p. 44; Prealgebra – Fourth Edition; K, Elayn Martin-Gay