Demand, Pay for STEM Skills Skyrocket  Many workers with STEM
bachelor's out-earn Ph.D.'s in other fields.   People with
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees
or certifications are in a prime position in the economy,
according to a new workforce study released this morning.
Workers with associate's degrees in STEM fields out-earn 63
percent of people who have bachelor's degrees in other fields.
Almost half of workers with bachelor's degrees in STEM fields
out-earn workers with Ph.D.'s in other fields, according to the
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.
That doesn't mean people with STEM degrees are necessarily
working in those fields, says center Director Anthony Carnevale,
the lead author of the report. He says technical skills have
"become the common currency of the labor market," much the same
way a liberal arts education was seen as a basic requirement for
high-paying jobs in past years.  Occupations in STEM jobs will
continue to grow—the center estim