Includes "More Job Openings--Even More New Entrants: The Outlook for College Graduates, 1992-2005" (Shelley); "The Class of '90: One Year after Graduation" (Steinberg); and "Job Market Profile of College Graduates in 1992: A Focus on Earnings and Jobs" (Amirault). (JOW)

Uses Current Population Survey data to compares earnings by education level from high school diploma to doctoral degree in selected occupations. Finds that college graduates earned at least $15,000 more than high school graduates in 1998. (JOW)

In 2000, women aged 25-34 years participated in the labor force in greater proportions, were more educated, earned more, and enjoyed more labor market benefits than their counterparts 25 years earlier. The earnings gap between young women and men narrowed substantially during the period. (Contains 18 references.) (Author)

A survey was conducted to gather information on full-time nurse faculty salaries and related information such as gender, year of birth, race/ethnicity, degree level, rank, level and area of teaching, and tenure status. Findings, presented in numerous data tables, provide a benchmarking resource for comparing salary data on an academic and a…

A data set from Colorado's Job Vacancy Surveys was used to examine the effects of firm size on various job vacancy characteristics. Larger firms offered higher wages than smaller firms with similar characteristics and requiring similar education and experience. (Contains 16 endnotes.) (Author/JOW)

Although college-educated Black women and White women have very similar earnings, substantial economic differences still exist between college-educated Black men and White men. (Author)

A comparison of 47 public- and 170 private-sector workers revealed private-sector workers value good wages most and public-sector workers value interesting work. Results suggest that employers must keep in touch with employee values to design jobs, reward systems, and human-resource policies that will result in maximum job satisfaction. (JOW)

Presents details of an effort by Indiana State University to apply multiple regression analysis to the problem of eliminating faculty salary inequities. The model developed can be used to identify inequities and improve faculty salary allocation decisions by combining data with peer evaluation. (Author/JOW)

Geographic location affects pay rates without regard to cost-of-living and inflation factors. Geographic differentials are analyzed, and a table of references for 140 areas in the United States is provided. (MW)

A summary of the 1977 National Society of Professional Engineers Income and Salary Survey. (BB)

A survey was conducted to gather information on the salaries of nursing school deans and related information such as title, rank, degree level, tenure status, gender, and race/ethnicity. Findings, presented in several data tables, provide a benchmarking resource for comparing salary data on a calendar year basis by numerous characteristics of…

Presents highlights of the 1980-81 Educational Research Service study of educators' salaries. (JM)

Earnings inequality increased sharply in the early 1980s, tapered off in the later 1980s, and reaccelerated in the 1990s. Although inequality increased overall and for men and women separately, a combined analysis overlooks differences in the labor market dynamics of men and women. (Author)

Identifies occupations in which many highly paid workers do not have a bachelor's degree and points out other factors that make for a good job. (Author)

The seven papers use data from particular industries to examine the nature and causes of recent changes in earnings equality in the United States. They provide perspectives from banking, telecommunications, semiconductors, steel, grocery, truck driving, apparel, and imaging industries on recent debates regarding the influence that technological…