Education matters
Posted September 02, 2012 in Press Releases
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Wages vary greatly with education levels in Ohio, as in the rest of the country. Ohio workers with at least a bachelor’s degree earned $23.78 in 2011, a full $10 an hour more than workers with just some college, who earned $13.79 an hour. Workers with less than a high school degree earned only $9.10 an hour at the median in 2011 in Ohio. Wages have grown for workers with at least a bachelor’s degree since 1979 but have fallen for every other category of worker in Ohio, including those with some college. These drops have been steep