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    • Mean Earnings of Workers 18 Years and Over by Educational Attainment and Race in U.S.
      February 2022
      Source: U.S. Census Bureau
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 02 March, 2022
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      Notes: - Starting in 2011, earnings data were created using population controls based on Census 2010 data. - Prior to 1991, Some college/Associate degree equals 1 to 3 years of college completed; Bachelor'degree equals 4 years of college; Advanced degree equals 5 or more years of college completed. - Starting with 2000, earnings data were calculated using population controls based on Census 2000. - Starting with 2000, earnings data are from the expanded CPS sample. "- Starting in 2003, respondents could choose more than one race. The race data in this table for White, Black, non-Hispanic White, and non-Hispanic Black and Asian from 2003 onward represent those respondents who indicated only one racial identity." - NA - Not Available - People of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (noninstitutionalized population, excluding members of the Armed Forces living in barracks). Contact: U.S. Census Bureau, Education and Social Stratification Branch, (301) 763-2464.   Mean Earnings of Workers 18 Years and Over, by Educational Attainment, Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex, U.S.