Table 4.45
Inflation-adjusted hourly wage trends of college graduates, by occupation, 2000–2011
| Share of all college graduates | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | 2000–2011 | 2002–2011 | 2003–2011 | |
| All college graduates | 100.0% | 0.2% | -2.2% | -1.9% |
| Management and business | ||||
| Management | 17.6% | 5.0% | -2.2% | -1.9% |
| Business and financial operations | 9.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | -1.7 |
| Professional and related | ||||
| Computer and mathematical science | 5.4% | 4.5% | 3.2% | 4.4% |
| Architecture and engineering | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.0 | -0.6 |
| Education, training, and library | 10.6 | 1.7 | -0.6 | -2.2 |
| Health care practitioner and technical | 7.1 | 4.8 | 0.4 | -1.1 |
| Sales and office | ||||
| Sales and related | 12.7% | -5.4% | -9.1% | -10.9% |
| Office and administrative support | 9.9 | -1.3 | -4.6 | -0.8 |
| Production | ||||
| Transportation and material moving | 4.5% | -10.0% | -12.1% | -6.8% |
| Subtotal of occupations shown | 81.3% | |||
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
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