Name: USA Wage Comparison For College Vs. High School
Creator: Kaggle
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

About this Dataset

USA Wage Comparison For College Vs. High School

This dataset provides a comprehensive view of wage differences between college graduates and high school graduates in the United States from 1973 to 2022.

The data is sourced from the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America Data Library and includes adjusted wages.

Interesting Task Ideas:

Analyze the overall trend in the wage gap between college graduates and high school graduates over the years.
Investigate whether the wage gap has been narrowing or widening for different genders.
Determine the year(s) when the wage gap was at its lowest and highest points.
Identify the demographic group(s) that have experienced the largest increase in wages over time.
Compare the wage gap between men and women within each educational group and analyze how it has changed over the years.
Create visualizations to visualize and compare wage trends for high school graduates and college graduates across different time periods.

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Tables

College Wage Premium

@kaggle.asaniczka_usa_wage_comparison_for_college_vs_high_school.college_wage_premium

8.1 kB
50 rows
7 columns

CREATE TABLE college_wage_premium (
  "year" BIGINT,
  "high_school" DOUBLE,
  "bachelors_degree" DOUBLE,
  "men_high_school" DOUBLE,
  "men_bachelors_degree" DOUBLE,
  "women_high_school" DOUBLE,
  "women_bachelors_degree" DOUBLE
);