Employment by education level? ?

I found that my BA degree lost importance as I got older, and that if I really wanted to be successful I needed to pick a specific type of career and continue to study.  A BA in accounting is still good for entry level positions and has more influence than just high school or an AA in it, but jobs that are considered professions require more.

There are always going to be jobs where a high school diploma is enough. And there will always be jobs where it isn't.  High school isn't going to become obsolete. 

I was expelled from school at 15 so no school certificate or High School certificate

so I had to decide My Life so i took a real Job never been Unemployed Retired at 55 on a Great Pension

My Friends son earns 150,000 a year without a University degree he is a PLUMBER

It totally depends on having skills wanted in the marketplace, and being able to compete against all other qualified applicants for the job. Bachelor's degrees are a glut on most markets, and without specific skills, abilities, etc, a degree alone is often insufficient to get a job. 

High school education has been so watered down & downgraded that a high school diploma is nearly worthless - only beats high school dropouts. There are high school grads who cannot even manage tasks which were expected of elementary school students in the 1960s & 1970s! (E.g. make change for purchases, simple arithmetic calculations kids used to know by 4th grade!) College degrees have likewise become downgraded - seriously reduced standards at many institutions. 

A bachelors degree doesn't guarantee the holder a job, but the skills and experience you gain through having one can. A lot of young adults rush into college and get a degree they really don't care about. You need to decide what you want to do for a living first, then go to college---Not the other way around.

Talk to people about what they're doing for a living then find out what they had to do to get where they are. For instance, a liberal arts degree is useless if you plan to be a welder. If your dream is to become a teacher, then yes, you'll need a degree. There's a lot of work options if you look, even for those who don't go to college.

there are plenty of jobs for people that do not require college.  the diploma is frequently enough to get in to the training programs for them and thus still has meaning

Basically, a high school diploma is a plus for people who want to work at labor jobs, truck drivers, even computer folks. Many jobs just require certifications like a CDL for truck drivers, and MCSC for computer folks. There are many on-the-job-training positions with an entry requirement being a HS diploma or GED. Now, if you want to learn about things, show an interest in a particular field (like medicine), college is required because there are liabilities involved for undertrained personnel.

We are already seeing a up swing of two year career programs being offered at community colleges.  CC are also offering more and more trade programs.  One of the CC by me has a training program to learn how to drive 18-wheel trucks. They have a small fleet of trucks. 

This is an option for student who don’t go to university for a Bachelor degree.  I think we will be seeing more and more of this

One HS in our district now offers a trade program for student not bound for college. My friend’s son is in  a welding course.

Apprenticeship use  to be common. Hopefully we will see more opening up in many different fields 

Just a high school diploma isn’t going to be enough. Not like it was even 20 years ago. Some education or training after HS is needed.

Remember to think critically when given doom and gloom predictions.  I have been hearing similar statements for decades.  As a youngster in elementary school in the 1950s and early 1960s, we were all also told everyone would have flying cars by the year 2000.  We were similarly warned we would never draw social security because the numbers just didn't work.  Now semi-retired, my college degree is still very valuable, I'm drawing social security, and no one I know has a flying car.   

No, do not count on that! A high school diploma will never again be enough. The way that the cost problem is solved for people not capable of paying for college is student loans and trade schools. There’s actually better opportunities now for trades than liberal arts degrees. Just don’t ever think being unskilled and undereducated will ever be adequate to gain a truly livable wage.