Disparities remained between men and women,
especially among older workers with higher
degrees. Men with professional degrees
may expect to earn almost $2 million more
than women with the same level of education.
More men hold
better-paying executive positions in
corporations, hospitals and law firms,
Day said. Also, more women than men
leave work to care for children and
women often do not return to their jobs
full-time after childbirth.
Other
Highlights
Non-Hispanic whites can expect to make
slightly more than minorities on all
schooling levels except among the most
educated. Among people with any type
of graduate degree (including doctors
and lawyers), Asians and whites are
expected to make $3.1 million.
Americans overall continue to stay in
school longer. In 2000, 84 percent of
adults 25 and older had at least a high
school degree, and 26 percent had a
bachelor's degree or more, both records.
The survey was conducted separately
from the 2000 census. The bureau last
released such figures in 1992, though
the estimates are not directly comparable
because they have not been adjusted
for inflation.
In 1992, a high school graduate could
expect to make $820,870 at work between
25 and 64. A college graduate could
make $1.4 million, while a professional
degree-holder could make more than $3
million.
