Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Graph1. MedianEarningsandTaxPaymentsbyLevelofEducation, 20032

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I I $95,700

$79,400

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$50,500

I I

$49,90

I I

37,000

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$,5,700

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$30,8C 0

I I 111IIAfter-taxincomeIliHaxesl

$21,600

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Thebarsinthisgraphshowmedianeamingsateachlevelofeducation.Thecolorsegmentsrepreselltthe

averagefederal,state,andlocaltaxespaidattheseincomelevels.Theblacksegmelltsshowafter-taxincome.

$0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000

Notes:Includesfull-timeyear-roundworkersage 25 andolder.

Taxpaymentsarebasedon 2002 taxratesanddonotincorporatethe 2003 federalincome

reductions.

Source:U.S.CensusBureau2004,PINC-03;InternalRevenueService,2003,Table3;Mcintyre,etai,

2003;Calculationsbytheauthors.

LessthanHSdiploma

Somecollege,nodegree

Associatedegree

Bachelor'sdegree

Highschooldiploma

Doctoratedegree

Professionaldegree

Master'sdegree

2"Education,Earnings,andTaxPayments."Graph.Baum,Sandy,andKathleenPayea.EducationPays:

TheBenefitsofHigherEducationforIndividualsandSociety.CollegeBoardOnline. 21 Oct. 2004

<www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost04/EducationPays2004.pdf>.(Thegraphappearedon

page10.)

Chooseoneofthegraphsthatfollowbelowandonpage54,andwritea paragraph

explainingitssignificance.

Step 1 Decidewhatmainideathegraphillustrates,andwritethisideaas

a topicsentence.

Step 2 Writefivetotensupportingstatements,usingthestatistical

informationshowninthegraphs.

Step 3 Usea reportingverborphrasetoidentifythesourceofyourstatistics.

Step 4 Writeanin-textcitationintheproperformat theendofyour

paragraph.

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