Metric Definition Dictionary
801A (E): Median Change in Earnings
The median change in earnings of Exiting Participants (203A) between the second quarter prior to the academic year of entry at any institution and the second quarter after the year of exit from the last institution attended.
Value Type
Median percentage change and number of unduplicated students included in the equation
Data Source(s)
Chancellor's Office Management Information System
Employment Development Department Unemployment Insurance Dataset
National Student Clearinghouse
CSU/UC Cohort Match
CASAS TOPSpro Enterprise
Employment Development Department Unemployment Insurance Dataset
National Student Clearinghouse
CSU/UC Cohort Match
CASAS TOPSpro Enterprise
Interpretation note: This metric is the median of students' percent changes in earnings, as opposed to the percent change in median earnings of students.
K12 participants tracked based on date of exit.
Community college participants are tracked based on the last year when they were enrolled.
Students who transferred to a 4-yr are excluded in Adult Ed Exiters (203A) definition
Because this metric measures the outcome in the subsequent year, data will not be available for the most recent year.
CurrentAge (Calculated)
TotalPYHours (prior to 2020-21)
TotalQualifiedHours
MAX(ProgramYear) Calculated
ProgramYear
Calculate Post Earnings for each exiting student for 510A Participants Who Exited and Who Were Employed in the Second Fiscal Quarter After Exit and in the Second Fiscal Quarter Before Entry or Reentry
Determine student's post earnings
WHERE Post Earnings equals student's wage matched in the EDD UI file in the second fiscal quarter immediately following the selected year or Oct-Dec of the calendar year of exit or Q4 from the last college attended
AND adjust for inflation
AND use the CA deflator in the index table to adjust for inflation
AND determine student's pre-earnings as first-time ever in the selected year or as qualifying re-entry where EITHER exiting student who returned as a general admit student after an absence of one or more academic years where student enrollment is found at any time prior to the year preceding the selected year excluding enrollment as a special-admit student
WHERE Pre-Earnings equals student's earnings two quarters prior to the academic year of entry or re-entry in Q1 (Jan-Mar) of the calendar year of the student's academic year of entry or qualified re-entry at any college
AND adjust for inflation
AND use the CA deflator in the index table to adjust for inflation
Calculate a Median Change in Earnings between student's post and pre-earnings for all students
Calculate Post Earnings for each exiting student for 510A Participants Who Exited and Who Were Employed in the Second Fiscal Quarter After Exit and in the Second Fiscal Quarter Before Entry or Reentry
Determine student's post earnings
WHERE Post Earnings equals student's wage matched in the EDD UI file in the second fiscal quarter immediately following the selected year or Oct-Dec of the calendar year of exit or Q4 from the last college attended
AND adjust for inflation
AND use the CA deflator in the index table to adjust for inflation
AND determine student's pre-earnings as first-time ever in the selected year or as qualifying re-entry where EITHER exiting student who returned as a general admit student after an absence of one or more academic years where student enrollment is found at any time prior to the year preceding the selected year excluding enrollment as a special-admit student
WHERE Pre-Earnings equals student's earnings two quarters prior to the academic year of entry or re-entry in Q1 (Jan-Mar) of the calendar year of the student's academic year of entry or qualified re-entry at any college
AND adjust for inflation
AND use the CA deflator in the index table to adjust for inflation
Calculate a Median Change in Earnings between student's post and pre-earnings for all students
Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Age Group
ABE, ASE, ESL, CTE
510A Exiting Participants who have a wage record in EDDUI for both two quarters before entry (Q1 or Jan-Dec) and two quarters after exit (Q4 of the selected year or Oct-Dec)