Face the Facts USA: No College Diploma? Smaller Average Paychecks

Each day in the 100 days leading up to Election Day, our website and Face the Facts USA will be partnering to bring you one exhaustively researched and vetted, non-partisan fact about a major issue facing our nation.

FACT #18: No College Diploma? Smaller Average Paychecks

A worker with a high school diploma is twice as likely to be unemployed as a worker with a college degree.

A worker holding a bachelor’s degree earned an average weekly salary of $1,053 in 2011, nearly double the $638 weekly salary for those with a high school education.

Unemployment for workers with a high school diploma was 9.4 percent in 2011, compared to 4.9 percent for college graduates.

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