June 26, 2002 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.) Women's earnings and education in 2001Earnings for female full-time wage and salary workers vary considerably by educational level. 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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