2006 Earnings by Education Level and Gender | Wage Gap Data #2039515 (License: Personal Use)

This bar chart displays the average annual earnings of full-time, year-round U.S. workers in 2006, adjusted for inflation to constant dollars, segmented by educational attainment (from less than 9th grade to doctorate) and gender. Men outearned women at every education level, with the largest absolute gap among professional-degree holders ($42,881) and the smallest among those with less than a 9th-grade education ($6,290). The data underscores persistent gender wage inequality even as overall earnings rise with higher education.

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