This statistic shows the mean annual income earned by university graduates in the United States in 2009, by their mal-employment status (the rate at which university graduates are employed in jobs below their qualification level). A differentiation is made between the type of degree that graduates held. In 2009, the average income of someone who held a Master's degree, but was mal-employment was 49,609 U.S. dollars per year. For those who had found a job related to their professional qualifications the average income was 86,723 U.S. dollars per year.
Mean annual income of university graduates employed in full-time positions in the United States 2009, by mal-employment status and degree type
(in U.S. dollars)
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Drexel University. (June 13, 2012). Mean annual income of university graduates employed in full-time positions in the United States 2009, by mal-employment status and degree type (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/239436/us-university-graduates-incomes-by-mal-employment-status/
Drexel University. "Mean annual income of university graduates employed in full-time positions in the United States 2009, by mal-employment status and degree type (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 13, 2012. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239436/us-university-graduates-incomes-by-mal-employment-status/
Drexel University. (2012). Mean annual income of university graduates employed in full-time positions in the United States 2009, by mal-employment status and degree type (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239436/us-university-graduates-incomes-by-mal-employment-status/
Drexel University. "Mean Annual Income of University Graduates Employed in Full-time Positions in The United States 2009, by Mal-employment Status and Degree Type (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jun 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239436/us-university-graduates-incomes-by-mal-employment-status/
Drexel University, Mean annual income of university graduates employed in full-time positions in the United States 2009, by mal-employment status and degree type (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239436/us-university-graduates-incomes-by-mal-employment-status/ (last visited June 29, 2022)
