<p>Workers with bachelors degrees earned an average of $26,000 more per year than those with only high-school diplomas, according to a new report on education trends released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.</p>
<p>Bachelor's</a> Degree Recipients Continue to Outearn Others, U.S. Census Reports - Chronicle.com</p>
<p>Article written by David Shieh</p>
<p>Absolutely shocking.</p>
<p>The article does not mention whether or not workers with bachelor’s degrees earn on average more than high school drop out. I have no choice but to conclude that high school drop outs earn more money on average than workers with bachelor’s degrees.</p>
<p>These entries matter only if you sincerely see yourself as “the average”.</p>
<p>These stats always make it sound like every high school drop out earns $20,000 a year (or whatever), as opposed to the actual fact which is that many earn 0 a year and many are worth multiple millions.</p>
<p>If you don’t or do have a high school diploma, how much money you can possibly be worth depends solely on yourself and isn’t affected by these statistics. They should try to measure the financial success of those who;</p>
<p>Did not pursue higher education.
Do plan on becoming extremely successful.</p>
<p>Because I guarantee you the rate of success among these individuals is definitely high; tons of multi billionaires fit this category (although that’s not the point).</p>
<p>The point is, most of the people who “only” have a high school diploma probably only aspire to bring home around $20,000 a year to begin with. There’s no way to dissect the demographic and pull out the few individuals who both do not attend college and plan on becoming millionaires (for example), because these people’s rate of success is often massive. But it’s impossible to gauge- they’re rogue phantoms, shifting in and out of the caverns of elite net worth.</p>