June 26, 2002 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Women's earnings and education in 2001

Earnings for female full-time wage and salary workers vary considerably by educational level.

Median usual weekly earnings of female full-time workers age 25 and over, by educational attainment, 2001
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In 2001, those with less than a high school diploma had median earnings of $314 per week. This compares with $784 per week for those with a college degree. 

Women who graduated high school but did not attend college earned $441 a week at the median, while those with some college or an associate degree earned $525.

These data on earnings are produced by the Current Population Survey. Earnings data in this article are median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers.  More information can be found in "Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2001," BLS Report 960 (PDF 219K).

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