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 Department of Education
 AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the annual earnings thresholds used to calculate the earnings premium (EP) measure as part of the Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) regulations.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) published final regulations on Financial Value Transparency (FVT) and Gainful Employment (GE), which became effective July 1, 2024 (88 FR 70004). These regulations, in part, establish an annually-calculated EP measure, which compares the median annual earnings of students completing an educational program at an eligible institution to a specified earnings threshold. This earnings threshold, as defined in 34 CFR 668.2, is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and is calculated as the median earnings for working adults aged 25-34 who either worked during the year or indicated they were unemployed when interviewed, with only a high school diploma (or recognized equivalent) in (1) the State in which the institution is located or (2) nationally, if fewer than 50 percent of the students in the program are from the State where the institution is located, or if the institution is a foreign institution. Under 34 CFR 668.404(a), the Secretary uses the appropriate earnings threshold under the definition to determine if an educational program passes the EP measure. A program passes the EP measure by demonstrating that the median earnings for program graduates exceed the appropriate State or national earnings threshold.[1] As required by 34 CFR 668.404(b)(3), the following table lists the earnings thresholds for each State and the District of Columbia, as well as the national threshold. The earnings thresholds published in this notice apply to EP measure results for calculation year 2024: [2] State
Median
                             earnings 
                             (whole dollars)Alabama
27,836Alaska
35,457Arizona
32,284Arkansas
28,502California
32,476Colorado
35,571Connecticut
33,286Delaware
31,316District of Columbia
32,592Florida
29,609Georgia
29,609Hawaii
34,203Idaho
33,397Illinois
30,793Indiana
31,316Iowa
34,203Kansas
30,782Kentucky
28,996Louisiana
28,996Maine
32,311Maryland
33,397Massachusetts
35,438Michigan
28,996Minnesota
34,795Mississippi
27,362Missouri
30,156Montana
30,058Nebraska
31,316Nevada
33,172New Hampshire
37,850New Jersey
32,832New Mexico
27,836New York
30,793North Carolina
29,344North Dakota
34,203Ohio
30,793Oklahoma
29,810Oregon
31,695Pennsylvania
31,727Rhode Island
34,203South Carolina
30,156South Dakota
31,385Tennessee
29,609Texas
31,171Utah
34,795Vermont
33,397Virginia
33,043Washington
35,027West Virginia
28,996Wisconsin
33,397Wyoming
36,480United States (national earnings threshold)
31,269
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# Footnotes

1.
    
                         Institutions with main campuses located in a U.S. Territory or the Freely Associated States do not receive a calculation of the EP measure for their educational programs. Therefore, this table only includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and a national earnings threshold. Back to Citation
 2.
    
                         These earnings thresholds are derived from the 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Public Use Microdata Sample from the U.S. Census Bureau. Back to Citation


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