Wages and Earnings:
Difference in Median Earnings Between a High School Diploma and a Bachelors Degree

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Alabama
2062514733607376020959376288762263251198539297141749501145652831579763144686856489030
Alaska
161222944453437572418330363627412504063985847358242652396266668071480986358168839651811225
Arizona
2062577839188535223525533093836536880796406391915156468760959671836335400906864588
Arkansas
16904156832511217223524882743142730938281352671133443351509523961973761984429863589401
California
2887610904368712321657419330013841251194754893661876109079408892965181345987473377
Colorado
2008412774232038323368742325118543918812834125139252595950654961396826254988937097471
Connecticut
2519111725079911872805115024030572244345117349501108465496923761989479487744481031275962
Delaware
20884384241251150247512134335271518375912061443452446544123530624733280906867943985507961
Florida
1753285735771612211603402887640335275363799893546407856577511138752831951806101735
Georgia
2133510153829011720625683022948635267579402207525156489160959333773452887792463400
Hawaii
17068235840639221257821967316991229372821331422822286487672012598142741812789015721896738
Idaho
165001514352672002336897629907134732511930362741806464076905486320807254960099143811039
Illinois
225227844267134323774694328986823879484642320708554193866650313438464029641010651436
Indiana
1843595637591484241838943093822355595824030563749374956584421137742525143835335517
Iowa
154699333712630524751114230938219335168463829012714640790755689850701267407917838528
Kansas
18288105038157322243836783047933733001855372821692487679945587914517557273339143810851
Kentucky
185721738352677021336824287725843300158038290134447345163751564733711192146665034810
Louisiana
162561057362744992336811563047925534032999396231950467351026523961435624733234873748525
Maine
148649383657510422641512823047928334543140838290286445343895536262058670556061812783090
Maryland
2530110035038116526297913365756834534311075079978761876735773456229281424021047935086
Massachusetts
2223810595079916284476733860781542824101147751141960845677721892659068634591007625951
Michigan
218931335406392523368841309388433609529841251512528311035690871305814702561928144597
Minnesota
1959414044331312246878073506377539188323423206685465711706393916588127837351007625827
Mississippi
1484214993224445420320407268134903047951635559894416551417484701794670337406812786008
Missouri
170291239365758922168534302297134032561391151010472581237554191426711583548856488653
Montana
115822054352673862116029603007312003093812523526719344165516674876721707111965038061013332
Nebraska
1574812573619829224383458299718643251181236274605457199135465722687254912200853429673
Nevada
17870108138607517257824453251189638673114742671108450381606609591146876589067896795078
New Hampshire
19325148145376574304791195360954784063947345582141955419140263939281082502657210076215334
New Jersey
2633115645079913253992823815775545343405038135464488137081278144210159810201062215636
New Mexico
17532125435373469203205532887688632511109037282272746407888554192118775875668825028642
New York
2371999244703465239776573403236240305843328698577519246751115328250213581007621350
North Carolina
191455823609534206251362922141632511426386074764836640756720684773453792927017103
North Dakota
113442141365756962641531883093899831969132036575140442282189450532939604579078775879710
Ohio
2087711283952242524383680309384883555963940607691518151017618761254755723413906863063
Oklahoma
158881980345434482133690828447510319691120371261564443351913503811129711193718853426571
Oregon
203201047386076702206790930479955358886984063953350799431577512008802625718907525277
Pennsylvania
2035156940639202539945932244211381576974063947752595528644881225812781545990023847
Rhode Island
21161224343328935264152326355595633918816324331321555672021716908723108061060528635813295
South Carolina
171661140353734552116068929185670322444933860788246351922515641222705343223866565932
South Dakota
122541590332236162519125802805110863093836834259134340305116248767606272189180277355711493
Tennessee
19225130835267235216577812821358132691801391881315474391172518151424721353451833105420
Texas
2133522537591408209594983022920235267395412514551564986187677804393069975343529
Utah
1820688540305400241836073217684637126634412511201503812606187612378061048721015985408
Vermont
15863248140305126726415222231495136235559122643687421947358207355879173769095104927053417262
Virginia
2845474045343710247515453200364939188543433131084604573567721418669347033971031272459
Washington
243831284453436062317597135559318406394545343108159943124466039332812782232955025416
West Virginia
1429417543454370823368214429020723314951406382601703433131598487671645731504199761989377
Wisconsin
17798328403056249938663300121636575961412519535079924760457285711194195928147814
Wyoming
1482216984030583828213158535559104036095105140639112850381134355879155070534144867254913140
Nation
21893211406394522688253093843657514125110528312116502324782502208948771658

 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008-10 American Community Survey Three-Year Public Use Microdata Sample File.