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

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Alabama
1042214353607376020959376288762263251198539297141749501145652831579763144686856489030
Alaska
110842729453437572418330363627412504063985847358242652396266668071480986358168839651811225
Arizona
970141239188535223525533093836536880796406391915156468760959671836335400906864588
Arkansas
7835121132511217223524882743142730938281352671133443351509523961973761984429863589401
California
145479374368712321657419330013841251194754893661876109079408892965181345987473377
Colorado
87409404232038323368742325118543918812834125139252595950654961396826254988937097471
Connecticut
919613035079911872805115024030572244345117349501108465496923761989479487744481031275962
Delaware
10817287941251150247512134335271518375912061443452446544123530624733280906867943985507961
Florida
912293635771612211603402887640335275363799893546407856577511138752831951806101735
Georgia
99918953829011720625683022948635267579402207525156489160959333773452887792463400
Hawaii
10584259640639221257821967316991229372821331422822286487672012598142741812789015721896738
Idaho
63682253352672002336897629907134732511930362741806464076905486320807254960099143811039
Illinois
94239834267134323774694328986823879484642320708554193866650313438464029641010651436
Indiana
936763737591484241838943093822355595824030563749374956584421137742525143835335517
Iowa
735212893712630524751114230938219335168463829012714640790755689850701267407917838528
Kansas
6803172638157322243836783047933733001855372821692487679945587914517557273339143810851
Kentucky
95171466352677021336824287725843300158038290134447345163751564733711192146665034810
Louisiana
91441966362744992336811563047925534032999396231950467351026523961435624733234873748525
Maine
781028783657510422641512823047928334543140838290286445343895536262058670556061812783090
Maryland
1422410425038116526297913365756834534311075079978761876735773456229281424021047935086
Massachusetts
914416365079916284476733860781542824101147751141960845677721892659068634591007625951
Michigan
10313986406392523368841309388433609529841251512528311035690871305814702561928144597
Minnesota
725710234331312246878073506377539188323423206685465711706393916588127837351007625827
Mississippi
874610203224445420320407268134903047951635559894416551417484701794670337406812786008
Missouri
88861013365758922168534302297134032561391151010472581237554191426711583548856488653
Montana
51942276352673862116029603007312003093812523526719344165516674876721707111965038061013332
Nebraska
630310553619829224383458299718643251181236274605457199135465722687254912200853429673
Nevada
10160140638607517257824453251189638673114742671108450381606609591146876589067896795078
New Hampshire
9488149745376574304791195360954784063947345582141955419140263939281082502657210076215334
New Jersey
122248345079913253992823815775545343405038135464488137081278144210159810201062215636
New Mexico
8406286735373469203205532887688632511109037282272746407888554192118775875668825028642
New York
929678644703465239776573403236240305843328698577519246751115328250213581007621350
North Carolina
93866323609534206251362922141632511426386074764836640756720684773453792927017103
North Dakota
56371723365756962641531883093899831969132036575140442282189450532939604579078775879710
Ohio
96698463952242524383680309384883555963940607691518151017618761254755723413906863063
Oklahoma
86781645345434482133690828447510319691120371261564443351913503811129711193718853426571
Oregon
101601093386076702206790930479955358886984063953350799431577512008802625718907525277
Pennsylvania
839552240639202539945932244211381576974063947752595528644881225812781545990023847
Rhode Island
7754222743328935264152326355595633918816324331321555672021716908723108061060528635813295
South Carolina
94221108353734552116068929185670322444933860788246351922515641222705343223866565932
South Dakota
62091726332236162519125802805110863093836834259134340305116248767606272189180277355711493
Tennessee
10975143735267235216577812821358132691801391881315474391172518151424721353451833105420
Texas
1102220737591408209594983022920235267395412514551564986187677804393069975343529
Utah
9075146940305400241836073217684637126634412511201503812606187612378061048721015985408
Vermont
12192443340305126726415222231495136235559122643687421947358207355879173769095104927053417262
Virginia
11310126445343710247515453200364939188543433131084604573567721418669347033971031272459
Washington
97841127453436062317597135559318406394545343108159943124466039332812782232955025416
West Virginia
924118513454370823368214429020723314951406382601703433131598487671645731504199761989377
Wisconsin
8250977403056249938663300121636575961412519535079924760457285711194195928147814
Wyoming
508015344030583828213158535559104036095105140639112850381134355879155070534144867254913140
Nation
1031311406394522688253093843657514125110528312116502324782502208948771658

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