College degree

College degree worth $23,000 a year more

The government's Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/ reported that a bachelors degree is worth about $23,000 a year more. That is compared to those with a high school diploma. According to the most current data of 2004 college graduates made an average of $51,554 compared to 28,645 for those with a high school diploma. High school dropouts earned an average of $19,169 and advanced college degree made an average of $78,093.

85% of people 25 and older had at least a high school diploma or the equivalent in 2005. In 2000 80% had a high school diploma or high school equivalent and little more than half in 1970. The trend for more education is going upward. We seem to be graduating more high school graduates and not as many college graduates.

Minnesota, Utah, Montana, New Hampshire and Alaska had the highest proportion of adults with a least a high school diploma about 92%.

Connecticut Connecticut had the highest proportion of adults with the least of bachelors degree (37%) followed closely by Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey

Nearly 47% of adults in Washington, DC have bachelors degree

Texas had the lowest proportion of adults with the least a high school diploma about 78% followed by Kentucky and Mississippi. Texas also has one of the highest death penalty statistics in the nation.

West Virginia had the lowest proportion of college graduate at 15%. It was followed up by Arkansas, Kentucky and Louisiana.

In a personal-injury case including a medical malpractice case in New York damages are determined in part by the amount of earnings that are lost. Obviously, in states like New York which do not allow hedonistic damages in wrongful death cases the amount person would have earned it is significant. Be sure your lawyer is claiming the latest lost wage data from the Census Bureau.

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