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Black Enterprise is highlighting a recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce which asks whether getting a college education is worth the investment? Shereisa Ngo reports that the study investigates the economic value of 171 college majors and then goes even deeper to provide a breakdown of the highest and lowest-paying degrees by sex and race. Some of the careers that paid the most for African-Americans included Computer Networking and Telecommunications ($54,000), Architects ($55,000) and Medical Technologies Technicians ($55,000).
What we found interesting was the disparity in pay between Whites and blacks. For instance, while the average African-American architect makes $55,000, his white counterpart makes $65,000. While general engineering pays African-Americans $60,000 per year, White Americans in that field average $76,000. African-American computer scientists earn $61,000 while White American computer scientists earn $80,000. Interesting.
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By: AL on 6/08/2011 12:16PM
Most private companies keep their payroll the same...private. The only companies that release this type of information are public sector jobs.
Public/Government jobs pay the same accross the board because affirmative action says so.
You might get paid less if you are a private sector engineer living in Chicago. If you want better pay stay in school, save up some money flipping burgers, then move to where the money is.
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By: DD on 6/08/2011 1:15PM
LOVE BE (Money Makeovers my fave)!!! Hope Mr. Graves is doing well after surgery here at Johns Hopkins years back!
I laughed at something a man said on HGTVs House Hunters in Oregon. He said, "In DC they live to work. Here I want to work to live!" That is so true. People make a lot of money but rarely relax to spend it...well if they're not living above their means (per Suze Orman). Problem is cost of living. What good is making the extra 10K if everything is more expensive?
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By: abbey on 6/09/2011 8:11PM
The best place for blacks to get a job is the Federal Government. It's another form of welfare only we PRETEND to work. And they get hire over whites, and promoted over whites because they are blacks. Reverse discrimination, but it works. Oh,,,, that's why government doesn't function too well. Have you noticed?
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By: concerned on 6/14/2011 7:09PM
Yeah. You're right. All those white congressMEN, Senators, Lobbyists + those PRIVATE corporations mentioned earlier don't have as much say on how tax dollars + monies borrowed from Central Banks will be squandered like the black folks that work in Parks + Recreation or the Dept of Motor Vehicles. Thanks for pointing that out....
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By: Matt on 6/19/2011 7:55PM
LOL, way to tell em, concerned. And thats the truth. Lol, that just made my day, lol.
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