Report: Half of state's labor force holds bachelor's degrees
BOSTON (AP) " Half of all workers in Massachusetts held a bachelor's degree or higher in 2016, marking the first time any U.S. state has reached that educational threshold, according to a report released Wednesday by the independent Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center.The same analysis points to a growing wage chasm in the state, with the college-educated earning on average 99 percent " or nearly double " the wages of those in the labor force with only a high school education. That [...]
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