Table 4a.Average hourly wages and postsecondary degree attainment of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by degree type (2012)

Education Longitudinal
Study of 2002 (ELS:2002)

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Table 4a. Average hourly wages and postsecondary degree attainment of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by degree type (2012)Average hourly wages and postsecondary degree attainment of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Concentrators compared to Non-Concentrators among 2003-04 public high school graduates, by degree type (2012)

Characteristic	No postsecondary enrollment	Some postsecondary enrollment, no credential	Postsecondary credential¹
	Postsecondary attainment status
Average hourly wage²	$13.89	$13.81	$18.38

CTE Concentrator³	$14.54	$14.52	$18.14
Non-CTE Concentrator	$13.65	$13.67	$18.41
¹ Postsecondary credential includes recipients of all types of degrees and certificates.
² Standardized hourly wage, rounded to the nearest dollar, for current/most recent job, from the composite variable F3HOURWAGE.
³ A "CTE concentrator" is defined as a high school student who earned three or more credits in CTE courses in one specific topic area while in high school, as indicated on the student's high school transcript.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), Third Follow-up Restricted-use File.

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