The graph illustrates how salary LEVELS of AMERCAN MALE individuals WORKING

FULL-TIME changed according to their educationAL BACKGROUND levels between 1964

and 2012.

Overall, the increase rates in OF THE earnings of those who have a bachelor’s degree or

higher were WAS higher than others. In addition, people with a degree less than high school

remained at the bottom over the period.

The increase ratio in OF THE wages of iIndividuals having bachelor’s degree went up steeply

to just under %1.5 in 1972, followEDing by A gradual drop, and then it increased

dramatically again to just above %1.9 in 2012. SimilaryLIKEWISE, A similar trend can be

seen for IN THE WAGE LEVEL OF people with bachelor’s degree, where. IN 1972, it

reached A HIGH OF at a local peak of below %1.4, and then IT remained unchanged until

1996, apart from moderate fluctuations. After that, it considerably climbed to around %1.4 in

2012.

On the other hand, the rise in wages for OF THE individuals with maximum A high-school

degree or less than that, as well as those having A degree from college showed similar trends
in the given time period. This THE ratio increased significantly to around %1.25 in 1972 for

all of them. As for people with college degree, after dropping gradually to below %1.1 in

1994, the ratio SALARY LEVEL of people with college degree increase climbed modestly to

around %1.2 in 2012. ADDITIONALLY, fFrom 1972 to 2012, this ratio decreased to roughly

%1.1 for high-school graduates, and dropped to approximately %1.0 for people with a degree

below high-school.