Wage Data
The road to riches is paved by education--or so the data suggest. As this chart from Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, median US annual income in 2008 increased with educational attainment.
There was a substantial earnings differential from the highest to the lowest levels of attainment: the median earnings of workers who had a professional degree were more than 3 times those of high school dropouts.
| Education Attained | 2008 Annual Median Earnings |
| Some high school, no diploma | $22,256 |
| HS diploma/GED | $31,408 |
| Some college, no degree | $35,516 |
| AA/AS degree | $38,480 |
| BA/BS degree | $51,324 |
| MA/MS degree | $60,580 |
| Professional degree | $74,204 |
| Doctorate | $77,844 |
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