Men With College Degrees Earned $45,699 More on Average in 2020 Than Men With High School Degrees

American men 25 and older who worked full-time year-round in 2020 and who held a bachelor’s degree (but not a graduate or professional degree) earned on average $103,724, according the Census Bureau data.

That was $45,699 more than the $58,025 earned on average that year by men who had only graduated from high school.

Similarly, American women 25 and older who had earned a bachelor’s degree and worked full-time in 2020 earned, on average, $30,759 more than women who had only a high school degree.

This income data comes from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey that was conducted in 2021.

Table P-26 from that survey shows the average annual earnings of American men and women 25 years and older who worked year-round in 2020.