This report details the 29 million "middle jobs"—jobs that pay middle class wages for workers without a four-year degree and the five major pathways that lead to those jobs.

How American workers fared in the Great Recession and recovery by education, sex, industry, and occupation

Projections of Education and Employment in 17 southern states through 2020

By 2020, 1 out of every 5 dollars will be spent on healthcare in the U.S. In this report, we project 5.6 million jobs in the healthcare sector by 2020, 82% of which will require postsecondary education.

Certificates are the fastest growing postsecondary credential, and second only to Bachelor's degrees in the number earned each year. In this report, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the returns to certificates and who earns them.

Despite hard times for recent graduates, college is still worth it.

A postsecondary education is the best path to the middle class, but others exist. We examine which career clusters offer the most promising opportunity for job seekers of varying education levels.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics workers are the source of growth and innovation, but meeting the economy's demand for these critical skills will be challenging.

This report finds that the twelve Midwestern states are no longer dependent on manufacturing. New jobs in the region will be in high-skill service industries such as education and healthcare.

College pays off over a lifetime, but occupation, gender, race and ethnicity matter too. The report also details how some workers can make more than their better-educated counterparts.

The United States has been underproducing college-educated workers for 30 years, and is paying for it with increased income inequality.

This report details the relationships between major, gender, race/ethnicity, attending graduate school, and earnings.

The good news is that more students are going to college. The bad news is that today's students find themselves in an increasingly stratified system.

Landmark report shows where the jobs will be, by education level, occupation and industry through 2018, and how postsecondary education is increasingly essential to middle class earnings.