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

Status of Education in Rural America

NCES 2007-040
June 2007

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Table 2.10b.

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

Sex and educational attainment	Total	City	Suburban	Town	Rural
Male	$42,900	$39,600	$46,900	$42,200	$44,800
Less than high school diploma or equivalent	26,300	22,700	26,700	28,800	31,500
High school diploma or equivalent or higher	46,100	42,700	48,600	45,300	46,000
High school diploma or equivalent	35,600	31,000	36,700	36,700	39,400
Bachelor's degree or higher	65,300	59,600	67,400	59,700	67,200

Female	$32,300	$31,600	$34,400	$30,500	$31,500
Less than high school diploma or equivalent	19,600	17,700	20,000	19,700	22,200
High school diploma or equivalent or higher	33,800	33,800	35,300	31,700	32,600
High school diploma or equivalent	25,900	24,900	27,400	25,700	26,300
Bachelor's degree or higher	46,900	45,600	47,800	44,200	46,200
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 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2004, previously unpublished data.