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The bar graph shows median yearly earnings of full-time workers in the United States for people 25 years and over with a college education, by final degree earned. Exercises 3–4 are based on the data displayed by the graph.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
(Exercises 3–4 are based on the graph at the bottom-right of the previous page.)
4. The median yearly salary of an American whose final degree is a doctorate is $45 thousand less than twice that of an American whose final degree is a bachelor’s. Combined, two people with each of these educational attainments earn $198 thousand. Find the median yearly salary of Americans with each of these final degrees.
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