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College-Educated Workers Gaining Jobs, High School Grads Losing Them

New York Times - Economix Blog

January 9, 2012

Still don't believe us when we say that college is worth it? Just look at the latest jobs numbers. In December, workers with bachelor's degrees or other postsecondary educations gained jobs. On the other hand, the number of workers with high school diplomas or less who were employed fell. Interestingly, though, the least-skilled workers have also added jobs over the last year. The number of high school dropouts who had jobs rose by 126,000 from December 2010 to December 2011.

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