October 29, 2004 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Earnings and educational level in 2003
Median weekly earnings varied considerably by educational level in 2003.
![Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers ages 25 years and over by sex and educational attainment, 2003 annual averages](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120924214113im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/2004/oct/wk4/art05.gif) [Chart data—TXT]
Among women, those with less than a high school diploma earned $329 per week, compared with $832 for those with a college degree. Among men, high school dropouts had earnings of $429 a week, compared with $1,131 for college graduates.
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. For more information see "Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2003," BLS Report 978
(PDF 208K).
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