Americans Without College Degree Are Better Off Than Pre-Covid in New Study

  • New research shows non-graduates saw wage and wealth gains
  • Unemployment rate gap persists compared with graduates
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The pandemic recovery has helped lift up a group of Americans who typically see the worst economic outcomes following crises: those without a college degree.

Generous government support in the early days of the Covid-19 outbreak and intense competition for workers afterward helped boost wages and wealth for workers without a college education at a faster pace than for graduates, according to a report published Thursday by the left-leaning think tank Third Way.