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For those with only a high school degree, average annual earnings drop to $33,176, and Americans with less education than that earn only $23,348.
Many of those people actually saw their earnings drop.
Men have seen their earnings drop and have been withdrawing from the work force.
Exxon Mobil's second-quarter earnings drop was not surprising considering the recent plunge in oil prices.
The company also said that the earnings drop was partly due to "start-up and programme investments".
It's an unwelcome hat-trick for boss Marc Bolland, who has seen earnings drop steadily since taking over in 2010.
Fortress Investment Group, a publicly traded hedge fund manager, had its earnings drop by nearly 45 percent in the third quarter with a loss of $382 million.
And for those who like to cite cases, among the sparse MAC case law there is justification for such a large earnings drop being a MAC.
It cited softening consumer appetite for its sportswear as part of the reason for its earnings drop, but it was unclear which of its many brands was weak.
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In February the company had warned there would be an earnings drop-off, and its chairman, Steven J. Bilodeau, said the results were caused by "adverse economic conditions".
According to the company, the earnings drop-off was a result of mining companies and other customers scaling back on purchases due to slumping commodity prices, the problems in the credit markets, as well as generally difficult market conditions.
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