For people without a college degree, earnings even fell in later years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Education costs are out of hand, say 56% of Americans surveyed by Bankrate.
The shift to remote work during the pandemic is enduringly popular with employees.
Some 300,000 borrowers are estimated to have died since March 2020.
Just over one-third of survey respondents said they'd need to borrow money to pay off such a bill.
A Zillow survey indicated that was the rate that would get the most sellers to enter the market.
Overall U.S. employment costs for private industry rose in the second quarter at the slowest pace in two years.
The proportion of equity-rich mortgage-payers increased in 45 of the nation's 50 states last quarter.
The reboot of federal student loan payments is going to hit household budgets.
The declines were almost three times more acute among White Americans than Black peers.