Metric Definition Dictionary
522S (W): Median Annual Earnings Before Exiting
Among students who exited the community college system and who did not transfer to any postsecondary institution, median annual earnings before exit
Value Type
Median earnings and unduplicated count of students
Data Source(s)
Chancellor's Office Management Information System
CTE Outcomes Survey
National Student Clearinghouse
CSU/UC Match
CTE Outcomes Survey
National Student Clearinghouse
CSU/UC Match
A student’s academic year of exit is the end of the academic year in which they were last enrolled in the community college system
Unemployment Insurance data contain wages only for those employed in an occupation or industry covered by Unemployment Insurance in California. This excludes individuals employed by the military or federal government, and those who are self-employed, employed out of state, unemployed, or not in the workforce after completion of an award
Data will not be displayed until two years after a student exits the system
Student Enrollment File
Transfer Bucket
Calculate median annual earnings for 203S Students Who Exited Higher Education who met the following criteria:
Were matched in the UI wage file in the second fiscal quarter before exit
Wage records found in the second fiscal quarter before the academic year of exit
AND annualize earnings in the second fiscal quarter before exit
AND multiply quarterly fiscal wages by four, using the quarterly wages in the second fiscal quarter in the calendar year prior to exit (corresponding to Oct-Dec of 2017 for a student who exited in 2018)
AND adjust for inflation
AND use the COLA table in the notes to adjust for inflation
AND count students at any college and on any TOP code where a student took 0.5 or more units or noncredit courses in the selected year
Age Group, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Perkins Economically Disadvantaged
203S Students Who Exited Higher Education