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According to the Census Bureau, over an adult's working life, high school graduates earn an average of $1.2 million; associate's degree holders earn about $1.6 million, earning them $400,000 more than someone with just a highschool diploma.ccording to the Census Bureau, over an adult's working life, high school graduates earn an average of $1.2 million; associate's degree holders earn about $1.6 million, earning them $400,000 more than someone with just a highschool diploma.
That's almost $13,000 more than the median annual income for a community college graduate after the same 10 years. [ BROWSE: U.S. News Community College Directory ]. But these averages mask big differences in salaries depending on what people studied.chneider saw some of the highest sub-baccalaureate salaries in Texas, where someone with a mechanical engineering certificate was earning more than $116,000, on average, after 10 years. That could be a job fixing high-tech machine tools on the factory floor or repairing petroleum equipment.