Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 16 to 24, by educational attainment and sex: 1999 and 2009

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Table 30a.	Median annual earnings of full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 16 to 24, by educational attainment and sex: 1999 and 2009

Year and sex	Total	Less than high school completion	High school completion only¹	Some college or associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Bachelor's or higher degree
	[In constant 2010 dollars]
1999
Total	$23,600	$19,600	$22,900	$23,600	$32,700	$34,000
Male	24,900	20,400	24,500	26,200	32,700	34,000
Female	22,300	17,000	20,900	22,300	32,700	34,000

2009
Total	$24,400	$18,300	$23,400	$22,400	$32,500	$32,500
Male	25,400	20,300	24,400	25,400	40,700	40,700
Female	22,400	15,200	20,300	21,100	30,500	30,500

¹ Includes equivalency certification.
NOTE: Data were adjusted to constant 2010 dollars using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), March and Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2000 and 2010.