NPR. This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Adrian Ma.

And I'm Sally Herships.

Uh, Sally, it's so good to have you back.

It's so nice to be back. Thank you so much for having me.

On a special day, right?

Oh, yeah, it is Jobs Friday.

That's right.

The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics Report came out and it said employers added

303,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%.

Those are some good numbers.

Totally, very hot jobs numbers this month and many of these newly added jobs will probably be asking

candidates to have a four-year degree. You know that's a pretty common thing to

see right? And yet only 40% of Americans actually have a four-year degree.

That's not even half the country.

So it makes sense that during a recent state of the Union,

President Biden said he's focused on high-paying jobs

that do not require a degree.

Creating tens of thousands of jobs.

Many of those jobs paying $100,000 a year

and don't require a college degree.

And we have seen a small uptick in employers dropping degree

requirements, but it's a pretty small uptick, not even 1% over the previous year.

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