Two years of California community college costs $2,576…
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Two years of California community college costs $2,576. Eight careers it leads to out-earn the median bachelor's-level career.
Data. Wages are BLS OEWS California state medians, May 2025 release. Education and on-the-job training requirements come from the BLS Employment Projections occupation matrix. Prices are IPEDS 2023, using median in-district tuition and required fees at California public two-year colleges, and median in-state tuition and fees by public university system.
Tools. Python, pandas, matplotlib.
Method. Each bar is cumulative gross salary over the first ten years, starting at the California median for that occupation and growing at a rate fitted from that occupation's own 25th-to-50th percentile spread, flat after year ten, capped at its published 90th percentile. Gross pay, so no tax and no loan payments.
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Data. Wages are BLS OEWS California state medians, May 2025 release. Education and on-the-job training requirements come from the BLS Employment Projections occupation matrix. Prices are IPEDS 2023, using median in-district tuition and required fees at California public two-year colleges, and median in-state tuition and fees by public university system.
Tools. Python, pandas, matplotlib.
Method. Each bar is cumulative gross salary over the first ten years, starting at the California median for that occupation and growing at a rate fitted from that occupation's own 25th-to-50th percentile spread, flat after year ten, capped at its published 90th percentile. Gross pay, so no tax and no loan payments.
#education
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