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Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 69
Indicator 69. Earnings and Education
Median annual earnings of workers 25 to 34 years old, by sex and level of education: 1970 to 1993
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| Males | Females
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Year | High |4 years | Some |4 or more| High |4 years | Some |4 or more
| school |of high |college |years of | school |of high | college |years of
|dropouts | school | | college |dropouts | school | | college
--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------
Constant 1994 dollars
1970 ... $26,894 $32,109 $35,472 $39,889 $11,041 $15,934 $18,913 $26,831
1975 ... 23,166 29,575 31,611 34,548 8,757 13,625 16,886 23,483
1980 ... 20,317 27,663 28,834 32,957 9,155 14,193 17,627 21,581
1981 ... 18,906 25,766 27,447 33,343 8,481 13,836 17,043 21,352
1982 ... 17,040 23,945 26,742 32,104 8,985 13,513 16,292 22,020
1983 ... 16,889 24,083 27,252 32,583 9,085 13,665 16,944 22,784
1984 ... 15,608 24,666 28,434 33,493 8,050 14,274 17,298 23,012
1985 ... 16,715 23,730 28,186 35,571 8,975 14,321 16,876 24,176
1986 ... 16,550 23,837 28,096 35,857 9,213 14,249 17,301 25,368
1987 ... 17,499 24,201 27,409 35,973 9,828 14,592 18,245 25,995
1988 ... 16,778 24,784 27,206 35,092 8,019 14,340 18,769 25,966
1989 ... 16,856 24,165 27,128 35,036 8,650 13,806 18,200 26,620
1990 ... 16,054 22,630 25,898 33,412 7,876 13,678 18,290 26,287
1991 ... 14,194 22,030 25,130 33,626 8,540 13,391 17,696 25,436
1992 ... 14,303 21,018 23,844 33,670 10,103 13,219 17,732 26,443
1993 ... 13,961 20,870 23,435 32,708 7,674 13,075 17,157 26,043
Ratio compared to earnings for high school graduates
1970 ... 0.84 1.00 1.10 1.24 0.69 1.00 1.19 1.68
1975 ... 0.78 1.00 1.07 1.17 0.64 1.00 1.24 1.72
1980 ... 0.73 1.00 1.04 1.19 0.65 1.00 1.24 1.52
1981 ... 0.73 1.00 1.07 1.29 0.61 1.00 1.23 1.54
1982 ... 0.71 1.00 1.12 1.34 0.66 1.00 1.21 1.63
1983 ... 0.70 1.00 1.13 1.35 0.66 1.00 1.24 1.67
1984 ... 0.63 1.00 1.15 1.36 0.56 1.00 1.21 1.61
1985 ... 0.70 1.00 1.19 1.50 0.63 1.00 1.18 1.69
1986 ... 0.69 1.00 1.18 1.50 0.65 1.00 1.21 1.78
1987 ... 0.72 1.00 1.13 1.49 0.67 1.00 1.25 1.78
1988 ... 0.68 1.00 1.10 1.42 0.56 1.00 1.31 1.81
1989 ... 0.70 1.00 1.12 1.45 0.63 1.00 1.32 1.93
1990 ... 0.71 1.00 1.14 1.48 0.58 1.00 1.34 1.92
1991 ... 0.64 1.00 1.14 1.53 0.64 1.00 1.32 1.90
1992 ... 0.68 1.00 1.13 1.60 0.76 1.00 1.34 2.00
1993 ... 0.67 1.00 1.12 1.57 0.59 1.00 1.31 1.99
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Surveys, unpublished data.
[Indicator 68. Employment of Dropouts]
