Another way to make more money

It is common knowledge, but it is always nice to see it in hard numbers. What am I talking about? The relationship between education and income. Does getting a better education really increase your income potential, or is it a marketing ploy by Devry? Here are some numbers from the census bureau that should help answer the question.




Not a Graduate: $17,299
Graduate, including GED: $26,933
Some College no degree: $30,627
Associate's degree: $36,645
Bachelor's degree: $52,671
Master's degree: $66,754
Professional degree: $112,902
Doctoral degree: $91,370



What stands out to me in those numbers is that a Doctoral degree actually gets you less than a professional degree. Hmm...

For more statistics, visit the Census Bureau's site here.

Are you paid enough?

Business 2.0 article about Payscale.com, a website that holds salary data for almost 5.5 million people.

PayScale's mission is to bring transparency to one of the deepest secrets in the labor market: who earns what. Until now, analysts like Radford Surveys & Consulting have tried to penetrate the mystery by compiling salary surveys with vast spreadsheets of payroll data collected from large companies.

Check it out here.