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

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Alabama
25782200140305391233071068309384653728212384187016785672019465642715088559672511015988709
Alaska
16500403450381711257825633412512130462502733503813093577513426721891773979711978411887030691
Arizona
25911199342018842241837043403210693962312284470317375994316826393918579143835521015984179
Arkansas
192721957355591912317590330229427355596683829017084950119105775128908161872131031279344
California
32995826503813235715063753873147645632518151268705343868564866210312719691087104715
Colorado
248641868483665252539910553609551942671124447358214260959179471119139390686247810378511068
Connecticut
30938217755879867309389934331311265038152452396145874252186282502176410159828751219175544
Delaware
2518635144735819402641522263728617544534323714836631006247330456703330971082841984512684617749
Florida
210842743918899228736553047967371263944063993851564266624731235806103805928143497
Georgia
29107714413138692418355031351594403058184368714706045739565496988822942738856485379
Hawaii
192022764436872369282132124336291607406398474571921075283122496497043938534211383802628796
Idaho
198612032382908162418310143093897835559893403051079507991781584422512742521259110312712804
Illinois
25782132746754963272061158360953124331310304743918516187612907355717249245423631134406436
Indiana
22352127440639402681398533527792391978844352019875587999761465129881470777310312714231
Iowa
1881417004030527226702196833001648362745544063954551815157157751258578377581810580114491
Kansas
236111741412513825191869328168143606710474063975856427153860457181782502761810972615984
Kentucky
2292520033798710192475110603047920536575983426711390534041993567201090806107714812787116
Louisiana
1856318924063965825191719330018723929714004433528395156416795642713547115854781056627086
Maine
181371494403058642844735963224412133759116554030510515038187258927193175572131848127810012
Maryland
3487719065587925930229479403053965038123755879169675182186586627138110667832521279686373
Massachusetts
2726821085465753830479672412514904847084550799133468518205180610117010464644221134406899
Michigan
279971075447036102720618113284966041251453455457136084584973150165590686479111653413042
Minnesota
25098132846735874282131145367788444232010144712918326187610257012616969487760151259539831
Mississippi
17960142035267292217428572844794434543154137896196546407106151564112576314668410076215151
Missouri
21657166140305131251916313196979837887842427731566536261456609597558967969531031278884
Montana
1592823343712613272641530623047912713403228183555915564640719585038115217315069069572422280
Nebraska
1955113163887997125782150131248920352677703949922895079994257751265483633173191015988009
Nevada
195943931406391200274317183403213324063912634673530805362636986751120319068660019956613420
New Hampshire
233082536495011626332522791381571491449062352500172937614652052680642915894061551710209614426
New Jersey
3093867754657891299071664412517250381565441220027218967489721208410972646401209157443
New Mexico
20320150940305552206251650304798243712615674125115565079912645672026458061083879487713786
New York
26415131947751512261983673657542844703741484707916299112477721416279347051061168385636
North Carolina
219177223962373523981667304791193555968740639409523967126095960384564519111083910729
North Dakota
1389632073918894927431622532511182735165184140305183846407263654657424172549206037734511949
Ohio
26425100241655590264158273403247240305131436871159604578846806420528464035051058017666
Oklahoma
19443594386076502418391730938294362747814063912935038151651389103172135739310159815038
Oregon
227911411422827522336815993392999639297114143328229256720999618765688161827861000334742
Pennsylvania
26397188943313622743112103456281241313498457198216095917057218913339281435451269977846
Rhode Island
24693553247439117228447210037282202643313188946407210861975514773150280991694129181007629993
South Carolina
239321839386076962418310253047953336095605412515215441217595743515257322055301015986641
South Dakota
134452286355595772692318572887679733252259836095159042320214350799155572189228417355731495
Tennessee
246341542386073722438365530229360362745904470319455486314995642711277940873491015983786
Texas
287156654207677422453502322442294063931146407164960959624660393439068640121082845652
Utah
2283223244640726825782150236095110941045103645719236858927204264007274692814765711175812480
Vermont
20846486741655134926415331833001155636577263646407472353847461258442353972135230017619822653
Virginia
3224417444950147525782736352672634232079047439210767511172490686233110209625221249655769
Washington
257822362501209552519147339188112644345108149501890649702076705347288765861511031276331
West Virginia
1995015623815796325782138830479649362741041412511601504291421513899568026268299673213886
Wisconsin
2061216764228268526415149135267540403054124490611945587915876497020028061042791026145380
Wyoming
1372444884470319873860770883867319033829027954332853495239640656095935837837791878559622480
Nation
26700257443357251911003425923341111442457193886095910871119149245413411076941890

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