November 11, 2015
WINNING THE WAR ON WAGES:
The Proud Legacy of 'Operation Wetback' and 5 Other Whoppers From the GOP Debate (Elaine Godfrey, 11/11/15, Daily Intelligencer)
1. Marco Rubio says that philosophers earn less than welders."Welders make more money than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers," Rubio proclaimed during the debate. Well, if you're comparing salaries, philosophy professors earn an average annual wage of $71, 350, while welders make roughly $40,040 annually (based on data from a 2014 Bureau of Labor Statistics report). Job prospects for the two careers might be a different story, but salary-wise, Rubio was wrong.Even philosophy majors generally are doing better than welders: Ten years into their career, the former are making on average about $85,000, while the latter are bringing in around $45,000, according to numbers from Payscale.
Republican college cost reforms should aim at driving the salaries of philosophers below those of welders.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 11, 2015 12:50 PM