The bar graph illustrates the unemployment percentage of US citizens in 2005, while the table highlights the median earnings of various professional degrees in 2005.
Overall, from the bar graph, it is clear that most individuals in 2005 who were unemployed lacked a high school qualification or diploma, and the lowest unemployment rate was achieved by citizens who held a doctorate. The table, reveals professional and doctoral degrees yield the highest weekly wages than others.
To begin with, the highest unemployment rate was characterized by citizens who either held a high school diploma or lacked one. In 2005, approximately 8% of the unemployed lacked a high school qualification and those with an unemployment rate of almost 5.5%. Inhabitants who did go to college but didn’t hold a degree were at nearly 4%—followed by bachelor’s and master’s degrees, which had fewer than 3% of holders unemployed. Furthermore, doctoral and professional degrees account for an identical 1% of unemployed people.
Moving to the table in 2005, a professional degree holder acquired the highest paycheck per week among all the degrees at $1800, followed by doctors at $1740. The lowest weekly pay was accounted for by those with a high school diploma and those without at $701 and $538 respectively. Finally, the salaries of master’s and bachelor’s degree holders are less than $1600 per week.