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The number of young working men without college degrees has tanked in the last 30 years. It could be because their wages have barely budged.
- A Pew Research Center report found young men without college degrees earned more in 2023 than a decade earlier.
- In the longer term, though, real wages for those without degrees have been mostly flat since the '90s.
PolicyAyelet Sheffey,Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff
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