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Table 381. Median annual income of year-round, full-time workers 25 years old and over, by level of education completed and sex: 1990 to 2000

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         |             |   Elementary/secondary            |                      College
         |             |___________________________________|______________________________________________________________________
 Sex and |             |  Less  |Some high | High school   |  Some   |         |         Bachelor's or higher degree\5\
  year   | Total       |  than  | school,  | completion    |college, |         |__________________________________________________
         |             |  9th   |no comple-| (Includes     |   no    |Associate|Total\5\|Bachelor's\6\|Master's| Profes- |Doctor-
         |             | grade  | tion\1\  | equivalency)\2|degree\3\|degree\4\|        |             |  \4\   |sional\4\| ate\4\
_________|_____________|________|__________|_______________|_________|_________|________|_____________|________|_________|________
    1    |   2         |   3    |    4     |    5          |    6    |    7    |   8    |   9         |   10   |   11    |   12
_________|_____________|________|__________|_______________|_________|_________|________|_____________|________|_________|________
         |                                  Current dollars
   Men   |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1990 ....|$30,733  --- |$17,394 |  $20,902 | $26,653  ---  | $31,734 |     --- |$42,671 |$39,238  --- |    --- |     --- |    ---
1991 ....| 31,613  --- | 17,623 |   21,402 |  26,779  ---  |  31,663 | $33,817 | 45,138 | 40,906  --- |$49,734 | $73,996 |$57,187
1992 ....| 32,057 (120)| 17,294 |   21,274 |  27,280  (175)|  32,103 |  33,433 | 45,802 | 41,355 (304)| 49,973 |  76,220 | 57,418
1993 ....| 32,359 (124)| 16,863 |   21,752 |  27,370  (204)|  32,077 |  33,690 | 47,740 | 42,757 (536)| 51,867 |  80,549 | 63,149
1994 ....| 33,440 (246)| 17,532 |   22,048 |  28,037  (322)|  32,279 |  35,794 | 49,228 | 43,663 (633)| 53,500 |  75,009 | 61,921
1995 ....| 34,551 (274)| 18,354 |   22,185 |  29,510  (357)|  33,883 |  35,201 | 50,481 | 45,266 (510)| 55,216 |  79,667 | 65,336
1996 ....| 35,622 (150)| 17,962 |   22,717 |  30,709  (183)|  34,845 |  37,131 | 51,436 | 45,846 (458)| 60,508 |  85,963 | 71,227
1997 ....| 36,678 (148)| 19,291 |   24,726 |  31,215  (171)|  35,945 |  38,022 | 53,450 | 48,616 (850)| 61,690 |  85,011 | 76,234
1998 ....| 37,906 (291)| 19,380 |   23,958 |  31,477  (169)|  36,934 |  40,274 | 56,524 | 51,405 (349)| 62,244 |  94,737 | 75,078
1999 ....| 40,333 (144)| 20,429 |   25,035 |  33,184  (388)|  39,221 |  41,638 | 60,201 | 52,985 (722)| 66,243 | 100,000 | 81,687
2000 ....| 41,059 (156)| 20,789 |   25,095 |  34,303  (457)|  40,337 |  41,952 | 61,868 | 56,334 (573)| 68,322 |  99,411 | 80,250
         |             |        |          |               |         |         |        |             |        |         |
  Women  |             |        |          |               |         |         |        |             |        |         |
1990 ....| 21,372  --- | 12,251 |   14,429 |  18,319  ---  |  22,227 |     --- | 30,377 | 28,017  --- |    --- |     --- |    ---
1991 ....| 22,043  --- | 12,066 |   14,455 |  18,836  ---  |  22,143 |  25,000 | 31,310 | 29,079  --- | 34,949 |  46,742 | 43,303
1992 ....| 23,139 (159)| 12,958 |   14,559 |  19,427  (176)|  23,157 |  25,624 | 32,304 | 30,326 (294)| 36,037 |  46,257 | 45,790
1993 ....| 23,629 (166)| 12,415 |   15,386 |  19,963  (173)|  23,056 |  25,883 | 34,307 | 31,197 (310)| 38,612 |  50,211 | 47,248
1994 ....| 24,399 (165)| 12,430 |   15,133 |  20,373  (158)|  23,514 |  25,940 | 35,378 | 31,741 (314)| 39,457 |  50,615 | 51,119
1995 ....| 24,875 (160)| 13,577 |   15,825 |  20,463  (162)|  23,997 |  27,311 | 35,259 | 32,051 (273)| 40,263 |  50,000 | 48,141
1996 ....| 25,808 (131)| 14,414 |   16,953 |  21,175  (143)|  25,167 |  28,083 | 36,461 | 33,525 (437)| 41,901 |  57,624 | 56,267
1997 ....| 26,974 (134)| 14,161 |   16,697 |  22,067  (148)|  26,335 |  28,812 | 38,038 | 35,379 (295)| 44,949 |  61,051 | 53,037
1998 ....| 27,956 (199)| 14,467 |   16,482 |  22,780  (254)|  27,420 |  29,924 | 39,786 | 36,559 (305)| 45,283 |  57,565 | 57,796
1999 ....| 28,844 (216)| 15,098 |   17,015 |  23,061  (279)|  27,757 |  30,919 | 41,747 | 37,993 (614)| 48,097 |  59,904 | 60,079
2000 ....| 30,327 (138)| 15,978 |   17,919 |  24,970  (236)|  28,697 |  31,071 | 42,706 | 40,415 (284)| 50,139 |  58,957 | 57,081
         |_____________|________|__________|_______________|_________|_________|________|_____________|________|_________|________
         |                                               Constant 2000 dollars
   Men   |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1990 ....| 40,491  --- | 22,917 |   27,539 |  35,116  ---  |  41,810 |     --- | 56,220 | 51,697  --- |    --- |     --- |    ---
1991 ....| 39,969  --- | 22,281 |   27,059 |  33,857  ---  |  40,032 | $42,755 | 57,069 | 51,718  --- |$62,880 | $93,554 |$72,303
1992 ....| 39,346 (147)| 21,226 |   26,111 |  33,483  (215)|  39,402 |  41,035 | 56,216 | 50,758 (373)| 61,335 |  93,550 | 70,473
1993 ....| 38,562 (148)| 20,096 |   25,922 |  32,617  (243)|  38,226 |  40,148 | 56,892 | 50,953 (639)| 61,810 |  95,990 | 75,254
1994 ....| 38,855 (286)| 20,371 |   25,619 |  32,577  (374)|  37,506 |  41,591 | 57,200 | 50,734 (736)| 62,164 |  87,156 | 71,949
1995 ....| 39,040 (310)| 20,739 |   25,067 |  33,344  (403)|  38,285 |  39,774 | 57,040 | 51,147 (576)| 62,390 |  90,017 | 73,825
1996 ....| 39,096 (165)| 19,714 |   24,932 |  33,704  (201)|  38,243 |  40,752 | 56,452 | 50,317 (503)| 66,408 |  94,346 | 78,173
1997 ....| 39,352 (159)| 20,697 |   26,528 |  33,490  (183)|  38,565 |  40,794 | 57,346 | 52,160 (912)| 66,187 |  91,208 | 81,791
1998 ....| 40,045 (307)| 20,474 |   25,310 |  33,254  (179)|  39,019 |  42,547 | 59,714 | 54,306 (369)| 65,757 | 100,084 | 79,316
1999 ....| 41,689 (149)| 21,116 |   25,877 |  34,299  (401)|  40,539 |  43,038 | 62,225 | 54,766 (746)| 68,470 | 103,361 | 84,433
2000 ....| 41,059 (156)| 20,789 |   25,095 |  34,303  (457)|  40,337 |  41,952 | 61,868 | 56,334 (573)| 68,322 |  99,411 | 80,250
         |             |        |          |               |         |         |        |             |        |         |
  Women  |             |        |          |               |         |         |        |             |        |         |
1990 ....| 28,158  --- | 16,141 |   19,011 |  24,136  ---  |  29,285 |     --- | 40,022 | 36,913  --- |    --- |     --- |    ---
1991 ....| 27,869  --- | 15,255 |   18,276 |  23,815  ---  |  27,996 |  31,608 | 39,586 | 36,765  --- | 44,187 |  59,097 | 54,749
1992 ....| 28,400 (195)| 15,904 |   17,869 |  23,844  (216)|  28,422 |  31,450 | 39,649 | 37,221 (361)| 44,231 |  56,774 | 56,201
1993 ....| 28,159 (198)| 14,795 |   18,335 |  23,790  (206)|  27,476 |  30,845 | 40,883 | 37,177 (369)| 46,014 |  59,836 | 56,305
1994 ....| 28,350 (192)| 14,443 |   17,584 |  23,672  (184)|  27,322 |  30,141 | 41,107 | 36,881 (365)| 45,847 |  58,812 | 59,397
1995 ....| 28,107 (181)| 15,341 |   17,881 |  23,122  (183)|  27,115 |  30,859 | 39,840 | 36,215 (308)| 45,494 |  56,496 | 54,396
1996 ....| 28,325 (144)| 15,820 |   18,606 |  23,240  (157)|  27,621 |  30,821 | 40,016 | 36,794 (480)| 45,987 |  63,243 | 61,754
1997 ....| 28,940 (144)| 15,193 |   17,914 |  23,676  (159)|  28,255 |  30,912 | 40,811 | 37,958 (317)| 48,226 |  65,501 | 56,903
1998 ....| 29,534 (210)| 15,284 |   17,412 |  24,066  (268)|  28,968 |  31,613 | 42,032 | 38,622 (322)| 47,839 |  60,814 | 61,058
1999 ....| 29,814 (223)| 15,605 |   17,587 |  23,836  (288)|  28,690 |  31,958 | 43,150 | 39,270 (635)| 49,714 |  61,918 | 62,098
2000 ....| 30,327 (138)| 15,978 |   17,919 |  24,970  (236)|  28,697 |  31,071 | 42,706 | 40,415 (284)| 50,139 |  58,957 | 57,081
         |_____________|________|__________|_______________|_________|_________|________|_____________|________|_________|________
         |                                       Number of persons with income (in thousands)
   Men   |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1990 ....| 44,406 (269)|  2,250 |    3,315 |  16,394  (188)|   9,113 |     --- | 13,334 |  7,569 (133)|    --- |     --- |    ---
1991 ....| 44,199 (268)|  1,807 |    3,083 |  15,025  (181)|   8,034 |   2,899 | 13,350 |  8,456 (140)|  3,073 |   1,147 |    674
1992 ....| 44,752 (269)|  1,815 |    3,009 |  14,722  (179)|   8,067 |   3,203 | 13,937 |  8,719 (142)|  3,178 |   1,295 |    745
1993 ....| 45,873 (271)|  1,790 |    3,083 |  14,604  (179)|   8,493 |   3,557 | 14,346 |  9,178 (145)|  3,131 |   1,231 |    808
1994 ....| 47,566 (273)|  1,895 |    3,057 |  15,109  (182)|   8,783 |   3,735 | 14,987 |  9,636 (148)|  3,225 |   1,258 |    868
1995 ....| 48,500 (324)|  1,946 |    3,335 |  15,331  (196)|   8,908 |   3,926 | 15,054 |  9,597 (157)|  3,395 |   1,208 |    853
1996 ....| 49,764 (340)|  2,041 |    3,441 |  15,840  (207)|   9,173 |   3,931 | 15,339 |  9,898 (165)|  3,272 |   1,277 |    893
1997 ....| 50,807 (343)|  1,914 |    3,548 |  16,225  (209)|   9,170 |   4,086 | 15,864 | 10,349 (169)|  3,228 |   1,321 |    966
1998 ....| 52,381 (347)|  1,870 |    3,613 |  16,442  (210)|   9,375 |   4,347 | 16,733 | 11,058 (174)|  3,414 |   1,264 |    998
1999 ....| 53,062 (348)|  1,993 |    3,295 |  16,589  (211)|   9,684 |   4,359 | 17,142 | 11,142 (175)|  3,725 |   1,267 |  1,008
2000 ....| 54,065 (351)|  1,968 |    3,354 |  16,834  (213)|   9,792 |   4,729 | 17,387 | 11,395 (177)|  3,680 |   1,274 |  1,038
         |             |        |          |               |         |         |        |             |        |         |
  Women  |             |        |          |               |         |         |        |             |        |         |
1990 ....| 28,636 (235)|    847 |    1,861 |  11,810  (163)|   6,462 |     --- |  7,655 |  4,704 (106)|    --- |     --- |    ---
1991 ....| 29,474 (237)|    733 |    1,819 |  10,959  (157)|   5,633 |   2,523 |  7,807 |  5,263 (112)|  2,025 |     312 |    206
1992 ....| 30,346 (240)|    734 |    1,659 |  11,039  (158)|   5,904 |   2,655 |  8,355 |  5,604 (115)|  2,192 |     334 |    225
1993 ....| 30,683 (240)|    765 |    1,576 |  10,513  (154)|   6,279 |   3,067 |  8,483 |  5,735 (116)|  2,166 |     323 |    260
1994 ....| 31,379 (242)|    696 |    1,675 |  10,785  (156)|   6,256 |   3,210 |  8,756 |  5,901 (118)|  2,174 |     398 |    283
1995 ....| 32,673 (276)|    774 |    1,763 |  11,064  (168)|   6,329 |   3,336 |  9,406 |  6,434 (129)|  2,268 |     421 |    283
1996 ....| 33,549 (290)|    750 |    1,751 |  11,363  (177)|   6,582 |   3,468 |  9,636 |  6,689 (137)|  2,213 |     413 |    322
1997 ....| 34,624 (294)|    791 |    1,765 |  11,475  (177)|   6,628 |   3,538 | 10,427 |  7,173 (141)|  2,448 |     488 |    318
1998 ....| 35,628 (297)|    814 |    1,878 |  11,613  (178)|   7,070 |   3,527 | 10,725 |  7,288 (143)|  2,639 |     468 |    329
1999 ....| 37,091 (302)|    886 |    1,883 |  11,824  (180)|   7,453 |   3,804 | 11,242 |  7,607 (146)|  2,818 |     470 |    346
2000 ....| 37,614 (304)|    930 |    1,950 |  11,789  (180)|   7,391 |   4,118 | 11,436 |  7,899 (148)|  2,823 |     509 |    353
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---Not available.
\1\Includes 1 to 3 of years high school for 1990.
\2\Includes 4 years of high school for 1990, and equivalency certificates for the other years.
\3\Includes 1 to 3 years of college and associate degrees for 1990.
\4\Not reported separately for 1990.
\5\Includes 4 or more years of college for 1990.
\6\Includes 4 years of college for 1990.

NOTE: Data for 1992 and later years are based on 1990 Census counts; prior years are based on 1980 counts. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-60, "Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United States," "Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits," various years; and Series P-60, "Money Income in the United States," various years. (This table was prepared March 2003.)


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