1. Education and Salary

2. So, how rich do you want to be? Heres the info on the averages (median) –That means, some people make more, some less!!! So, no guarantee you make even this much!!! –Yeah, this is a US wide statistic – might be better, or worse than Hawaii. /\ 100,000 Rupiah 1 million Lira 100 Trillion Dollars (Ive had all 3 of these! And used the 100,000 and 1 million!)

3. Some High School (dropout) Male – age 25Female – age 25 $24,192$15,073 What this means is that when you are 25, you will probably be making this much money. And Inflation (the cost of things) goes up about 3% per year 10

4. High School Grad Male – age 25Female – age 25 $32,085$21,117 12

5. Some College Male – age 25Female – age 25 $39,150$25,185 HCC / UHH or similar… 13

6. AA/AS Degree (2 years Community College) Male – age 25Female – age 25 $42,385$29,510 14

7. BA / BS / BEd Bachelors Degree (4 years) Male – age 25Female – age 25 $52,265$36,532 16

8. Masters Degree (6 years) Male – age 25Female – age 25 $67,123$45,730 18

9. Doctorate (8 years+) Male – age 25Female – age 25 $78,324$54,666 (OK, Its unlikely that you are a 25 year old PhD – 18+8 = 26 on average. (my cousin did it)) 20

10. Professional Degree (Dr etc) Male – age 25Female – age 25 $100,000$66,055 21

11. In truth, these numbers depends on a whole bunch of stuff – race is, alas, an issue, marital status is an issue, and, location / where you are living. But on average – the numbers are reasonable. Yes, there are exceptions

12. Bill Gates Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973. He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and subsequently enrolled at Harvard in the fall of 1973. Left in 1975 – No College Degree!!!! Net Worth $40Billion (down from $100Billion due to the current financial situation) If you didnt know, he invented Microsoft (Windows, Vista, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MSN etc.)

13. Theodore Kaczynski BA Harvard / PhD Univ of Michigan Unabomber serving a Life Sentence without the possibility of parole as prisoner number 04475–046 in the federal Administrative Maximum Facility supermax in Florence, Colorado

14. Life is what you make of it. Persevere through adversity and you just might get there!

15. OK – Now for a Homework Assignment Make a graph showing Salary (y) vs Years of education (x) (label the axis, make sure the units are there… you can use excel or other spreadsheets!)

16. It might look something like this

17. Disclaimer Aloha I put together these power points for use in my science classes. You may use them in your classes. Some images are public domain, some are used under the fair-use provisions of the copyright law, some are mine. Copyright is retained by the owners! Ted Brattstrom