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Why Bother?

DROPOUT
 
GRADUATE

 

  • Average earnings will be $1,251/month or $15,011/year.
  • Only 11% of you will earn $25,000 or more a year.
  • Your unemployment rate is about 9.3%.
  • You make up 1 out of 10 people in the labor force.
  • You are one of 3.5 % not to finish high school.
  • You spend long hours working part - time or full - time jobs.
  • You cannot enlist in the military service.
  • Your lifetime earnings will be $713,600.
  • 66% of the prison population did not graduate from high school.
 

 

  • Average earnings will be $1,864/month or $22,154/year.
  • Over 29% of you will earn $25,000 or more a year.
  • Your unemployment rate is only about 4.8%.
  • You make up 3 out of 10 people in the labor force.
  • You are one of 96.5% to graduate from high school or get a GED.
  • You are one of the 81% that enrolls in post secondary education.
  • You can enlist in military service and take advantage of related educational benefits.
  • Your lifetime earnings will be $970,800 (That's 36% more than dropouts earn).