Table 4
Class of 2017 Labor Market Report Card
| Unemployment rates | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High school graduates | College graduates | |||||||||||
| PPT change since year | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic |
| 2000 | -4.8% higher | -5.0% | -4.4% | -4.2% | -3.8% | -5.9% | -1.3% | -3.1% | 0.0% | -1.0% | -1.1% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | -1.0% higher | -0.2% | -2.0% | -0.8% | 3.9% | -3.0% | -0.1% | -0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Idling rates | ||||||||||||
| High school graduates | College graduates | |||||||||||
| PPT change since year | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic |
| 2000 | -3.0% higher | -4.2% | -1.9% | -3.5% | 1.1% | -2.6% | -1.3% | -3.9% | 0.5% | -1.1% | -2.7% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | -1.4% higher | -1.9% | -0.8% | -1.6% | 2.0% | -1.1% | -1.4% | -1.7% | -1.2% | -0.8% | -0.7% | -1.1% |
| Wages | ||||||||||||
| High school graduates | College graduates | |||||||||||
| Percent change since year | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic | All | Men | Women | White | Black | Hispanic |
| 2000 | -4.3% lower | -6.5% | -1.9% | -4.2% | -5.6% | -1.7% | 1.4% | 5.4% | -2.2% | 2.7% | -14.4% | 4.8% |
| 2007 | -3.5% lower | -6.3% | 0.5% | -1.9% | -7.6% | -3.8% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 3.7% | -18.3% | 7.1% |
* Data for 2017 are 12-month averages of March 2016–February 2017. All other data represent 12-month averages as of December of the indicated year.
Note: Data are for college graduates age 21–24 who are not enrolled in further schooling. Wages are in 2016 dollars.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
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