For example, inflation-adjusted full-time weekly earnings among 19- to 24-year-olds with only a high school diploma fell about 5 percent between 2008 and 2012.
1  1  The data, which consist of median usual weekly earnings for employed full-time wage and salary workers who are 16 to 24 years old, are from the Current Population Survey (a joint effort between the Census Bureau and  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  Of those who have found work, not only are many young people receiving low wages, but also many are working at jobs for which they are overqualified.