Table 2.10a. Median earnings of full-time, full-year workers age 25 and over adjusted for geographic cost differences, by locale and educational attainment: 2004

Status of Education in Rural America

NCES 2007-040
June 2007

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Table 2.10a.

Median earnings of full-time, full-year workers age 25 and over adjusted for geographic cost differences, by locale and educational attainment: 2004

Educational attainment	Total	City	Suburban	Town	Rural
Total	$38,600	$35,700	$40,200	$36,500	$39,000
Less than high school diploma or equivalent	23,700	20,900	24,400	25,100	28,200
High school diploma or equivalent or higher	40,700	38,800	42,600	38,300	40,100
High school diploma or equivalent	31,100	28,700	31,900	31,600	33,800
Some college/associate's degree	37,300	34,600	38,700	37,100	39,700
Bachelor's degree or higher	56,300	52,800	58,200	52,200	56,700
Bachelor's degree	51,500	48,500	53,000	47,600	53,600
Graduate or professional degree	67,200	63,400	69,300	59,100	67,100
NOTE: NCES's Comparable Wage Index (CWI) was used to adjust for geographic cost differences. For more details on the CWI, see A Comparable Wage Approach to Geographic Cost Adjustment (NCES 2006-321). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2004, previously unpublished data.