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Table 388. Median annual income of year-round, full-time workers 25 years old and over, by highest level of education attainment and sex: 1990 to 2001

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         |              |            Elementary/secondary             |                                       College
         |              |_____________________________________________|_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Sex and |              |     Less     |  Some high   | High school   |    Some      |              |                    Bachelor's degree or higher\5\
  year   |   Total      |     than     |  school,     | completion    |   college,   |   Associate  |___________________________________________________________________________
         |              |      9th     |  no comple-  | (includes     |     no       |   degree\4\  |   Total\5\   |  Bachelor's  |  Master's    |  Professional |  Doctor's
         |              |     grade    |   tion\1\    |equivalency)\2\|  degree\3\   |              |              |  degree\6\   |  degree\4\   |   degree\4\   |  degree\4\
_________|______________|______________|______________|_______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|______________|_______________|______________
    1    |     2        |   3          |   4          |      5        |     6        |     7        |     8        |     9        |    10        |    11         |    12
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         |                                                                              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  (453)| 22,048  (319)|  28,037  (322)| 32,279  (300)| 35,794  (430)| 49,228  (707)| 43,663  (633)| 53,500  (854)| 75,009 (3,040)| 61,921(1,619)
1995 ....| 34,551  (275)| 18,354  (545)| 22,185  (342)|  29,510  (358)| 33,883  (517)| 35,201  (535)| 50,481  (312)| 45,266  (510)| 55,216  (973)| 79,667 (2,582)| 65,336(2,188)
1996 ....| 35,622  (150)| 17,962  (594)| 22,717  (414)|  30,709  (184)| 34,845  (456)| 37,131  (435)| 51,436  (303)| 45,846  (458)| 60,508  (945)| 85,963 (3,317)| 71,227(3,362)
1997 ....| 36,678  (149)| 19,291  (629)| 24,726  (466)|  31,215  (171)| 35,945  (293)| 38,022  (774)| 53,450  (755)| 48,616  (851)| 61,690  (771)| 85,011 (4,253)| 76,234(3,611)
1998 ....| 37,906  (291)| 19,380  (600)| 23,958  (547)|  31,477  (169)| 36,934  (291)| 40,274  (539)| 56,524  (421)| 51,405  (349)| 62,244  (847)| 94,737(12,105)| 75,078(2,507)
1999 ....| 40,333  (144)| 20,429  (444)| 25,035  (535)|  33,184  (388)| 39,221  (581)| 41,638  (459)| 60,201  (439)| 52,985  (722)| 66,243  (690)|100,000(37,836)| 81,687(3,953)
2000 ....| 41,059  (156)| 20,789  (376)| 25,095  (436)|  34,303  (457)| 40,337  (312)| 41,952  (460)| 61,868  (303)| 56,334  (573)| 68,322(1,506)| 99,411(20,832)| 80,250(2,446)
2001 ....| 41,617  (104)| 21,361  (235)| 26,209  (251)|  34,723  (299)| 41,045  (214)| 42,776  (561)| 62,223  (279)| 55,929  (335)| 70,899  (687)|100,000    --- | 86,965(3,013)
         |              |              |              |               |              |              |              |              |              |               |
  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   (427)|15,133   (328)| 20,373   (158)|23,514   (327)|25,940   (295)|35,378   (280)|31,741   (314)|39,457   (606)|50,615  (2,154)| 51,119(2,888)
1995 ....| 24,875  (160)|13,577   (490)|15,825   (293)| 20,463   (162)|23,997   (274)|27,311   (428)|35,259   (313)|32,051   (273)|40,263   (556)|50,000  (2,532)| 48,141(2,373)
1996 ....| 25,808  (131)|14,414   (559)|16,953   (333)| 21,175   (143)|25,167   (267)|28,083   (526)|36,461   (296)|33,525   (437)|41,901   (564)|57,624  (3,635)| 56,267(3,300)
1997 ....| 26,974  (134)|14,161   (492)|16,697   (335)| 22,067   (148)|26,335   (291)|28,812   (660)|38,038   (481)|35,379   (295)|44,949   (837)|61,051  (4,737)| 53,038(3,626)
1998 ....| 27,956  (199)|14,467   (429)|16,482   (322)| 22,780   (254)|27,420   (271)|29,924   (513)|39,786   (408)|36,559   (305)|45,283   (760)|57,565  (1,705)| 57,796(1,881)
1999 ....| 28,844  (216)|15,098   (492)|17,015   (298)| 23,061   (279)|27,757   (369)|30,919   (318)|41,747   (275)|37,993   (614)|48,097   (862)|59,904  (4,479)| 60,079(3,130)
2000 ....| 30,327  (138)|15,798   (327)|17,919   (434)| 24,970   (236)|28,697   (364)|31,071   (307)|42,706   (439)|40,415   (284)|50,139   (735)|58,957  (3,552)| 57,081(2,999)
2001 ....| 31,356   (91)|16,691   (255)|19,156   (359)| 25,303   (132)|30,418   (186)|32,153   (231)|44,776   (367)|40,994   (231)|50,669   (328)|61,748  (3,976)| 62,123(2,228)
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         |                                                                         Constant 2001 dollars
         |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   Men   |              |              |              |               |              |              |              |              |              |               |
1990 ....|$41,644 (---) |$23,569 (---) |$28,322 (---) | $36,115 (---) |$43,000 (---) |     -- (---) |$57,820 (---) |$53,168 (---) |    --- (---) |     --  (---) |    --- (---)
1991 ....| 41,106 (---) | 22,915 (---) | 27,829 (---) |  34,821 (---) | 41,171 (---) |$43,972 (---) | 58,693 (---) | 53,190 (---) |$64,669 (---) |$96,217  (---) |$74,360 (---)
1992 ....| 40,465  (151)| 21,830 (---) | 26,854 (---) |  34,435  (221)| 40,523 (---) | 42,202 (---) | 57,816 (---) | 52,202  (384)| 63,081 (---) | 96,212  (---) | 72,478 (---)
1993 ....| 39,659  (152)| 20,667 (---) | 26,659 (---) |  33,545  (250)| 39,314 (---) | 41,291 (---) | 58,510 (---) | 52,403  (657)| 63,568 (---) | 98,721  (---) | 77,396 (---)
1994 ....| 39,961  (294)| 20,951  (541)| 26,348  (381)|  33,504  (385)| 38,574  (359)| 42,774  (514)| 58,828  (845)| 52,178  (756)| 63,933(1,021)| 89,636 (3,633)| 73,996(1,935)
1995 ....| 40,151  (320)| 21,329  (633)| 25,781  (397)|  34,293  (416)| 39,375  (601)| 40,906  (622)| 58,663  (363)| 52,602  (593)| 64,165(1,131)| 92,579 (3,000)| 75,925(2,543)
1996 ....| 40,208  (169)| 20,275  (670)| 25,642  (467)|  34,663  (208)| 39,331  (515)| 41,911  (491)| 58,058  (342)| 51,748  (517)| 68,298(1,067)| 97,030 (3,744)| 80,397(3,795)
1997 ....| 40,471  (164)| 21,286  (694)| 27,283  (514)|  34,443  (189)| 39,663  (323)| 41,954  (854)| 58,978  (833)| 53,644  (939)| 68,070  (851)| 93,803 (4,693)| 84,119(3,984)
1998 ....| 41,185  (316)| 21,056  (652)| 26,030  (594)|  34,200  (184)| 40,129  (316)| 43,758  (586)| 61,413  (457)| 55,852  (379)| 67,628  (920)|102,932(13,152)| 81,572(2,724)
1999 ....| 42,875  (153)| 21,717  (472)| 26,613  (569)|  35,275  (412)| 41,693  (618)| 44,262  (488)| 63,995  (467)| 56,324  (768)| 70,418  (733)|106,303(40,221)| 86,835(4,202)
2000 ....| 42,227  (160)| 21,381  (387)| 25,809  (448)|  35,279  (470)| 41,485  (321)| 43,146  (473)| 63,628  (312)| 57,937  (589)| 70,266(1,549)|102,240(21,425)| 82,534(2,516)
2001 ....| 41,617  (104)| 21,361  (235)| 26,209  (251)|  34,723  (299)| 41,045  (214)| 42,776  (561)| 62,223  (279)| 55,929  (335)| 70,899  (687)|100,000    --- | 86,965(3,013)
         |              |              |              |               |              |              |              |              |              |               |
  Women  |              |              |              |               |              |              |              |              |              |               |
1990 ....|28,959  (---) |16,600  (---) |19,551  (---) | 24,822  (---) |30,118  (---) |     -- (---) |41,161  (---) |37,963  (---) |    --- (---) |   ---   (---) |    --- (---)
1991 ....|28,662  (---) |15,689  (---) |18,796  (---) | 24,492  (---) |28,792  (---) |32,507  (---) |40,712  (---) |37,811  (---) |45,444  (---) |60,778   (---) | 56,307 (---)
1992 ....|29,208   (201)|16,357  (---) |18,378  (---) | 24,523   (222)|29,231  (---) |32,345  (---) |40,777  (---) |38,280   (371)|45,489  (---) |58,390   (---) | 57,800 (---)
1993 ....|28,960   (203)|15,216  (---) |18,857  (---) | 24,467   (212)|28,258  (---) |31,722  (---) |42,047  (---) |38,235   (380)|47,323  (---) |61,539   (---) | 57,907 (---)
1994 ....|29,157   (197)|14,854   (510)|18,084   (392)| 24,346   (189)|28,099   (391)|30,998   (353)|42,277   (335)|37,931   (375)|47,151   (724)|60,485  (2,574)| 61,088(3,451)
1995 ....|28,907   (186)|15,777   (569)|18,390   (340)| 23,780   (188)|27,886   (318)|31,737   (497)|40,974   (364)|37,246   (317)|46,789   (646)|58,104  (2,942)| 55,943(2,758)
1996 ....|29,131   (148)|16,270   (631)|19,136   (376)| 23,901   (161)|28,407   (301)|31,699   (594)|41,155   (334)|37,841   (493)|47,296   (637)|65,043  (4,103)| 63,511(3,725)
1997 ....|29,764   (148)|15,626   (543)|18,424   (370)| 24,349   (163)|29,059   (321)|31,792   (728)|41,972   (531)|39,038   (326)|49,598   (924)|67,365  (5,227)| 58,524(4,001)
1998 ....|30,374   (216)|15,718   (466)|17,908   (350)| 24,751   (276)|29,792   (294)|32,513   (557)|43,228   (443)|39,721   (331)|49,200   (826)|62,545  (1,852)| 62,796(2,044)
1999 ....|30,662   (230)|16,050   (523)|18,087   (317)| 24,514   (297)|29,506   (392)|32,868   (338)|44,378   (292)|40,388   (653)|51,128   (916)|63,679  (4,761)| 63,865(3,327)
2000 ....|31,190   (142)|16,248   (336)|18,429   (446)| 25,681   (243)|29,514   (374)|31,955   (316)|43,921   (451)|41,565   (292)|51,566   (756)|60,635  (3,653)| 58,705(3,084)
2001 ....|31,356    (91)|16,691   (255)|19,156   (359)| 25,303   (132)|30,418   (186)|32,153   (231)|44,776   (367)|40,994   (231)|50,669   (328)|61,748  (3,976)| 62,123(2,228)
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         |                                                                  Number of persons with income (in thousands)
         |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   Men   |              |              |              |               |              |              |              |              |              |               |
1990 ....|44,406 (268.6)| 2,250  (73.9)| 3,315  (89.3)| 16,394 (188.0)| 9,113 (144.6)|   ---  (---) |13,334 (171.8)| 7,569 (132.6)|   ---  (---) |   ---   (---) |    --- (---)
1991 ....|44,199 (268.3)| 1,807  (66.3)| 3,083  (86.2)| 15,025 (181.1)| 8,034 (136.4)| 2,899  (83.6)|13,350 (171.9)| 8,456 (139.7)| 3,073  (86.1)| 1,147   (53.0)|    674 (40.7)
1992 ....|44,752 (269.1)| 1,815  (66.5)| 3,009  (85.2)| 14,722 (179.5)| 8,067 (136.6)| 3,203  (87.8)|13,937 (175.2)| 8,719 (141.7)| 3,178  (87.5)| 1,295   (56.3)|    745 (42.8)
1993 ....|45,873 (270.6)| 1,790  (66.0)| 3,083  (86.2)| 14,604 (178.9)| 8,493 (140.0)| 3,557  (92.4)|14,346 (177.5)| 9,178 (145.1)| 3,131  (86.8)| 1,231   (54.9)|    808 (44.5)
1994 ....|47,566 (272.8)| 1,895  (67.9)| 3,057  (85.8)| 15,109 (181.5)| 8,783 (142.2)| 3,735  (94.6)|14,987 (180.9)| 9,636 (148.4)| 3,225  (88.1)| 1,258   (55.4)|    868 (46.1)
1995 ....|48,500 (324.3)| 1,946  (71.6)| 3,335  (93.5)| 15,331 (195.8)| 8,908 (151.1)| 3,926 (101.3)|15,054 (194.1)| 9,597 (156.7)| 3,395  (94.3)| 1,208   (56.5)|    853 (47.5)
1996 ....|49,764 (339.9)| 2,041  (76.2)| 3,441  (98.7)| 15,840 (206.6)| 9,173 (159.3)| 3,931 (105.4)|15,339 (203.5)| 9,898 (165.3)| 3,272  (96.3)| 1,277   (60.4)|    893 (50.5)
1997 ....|50,807 (342.6)| 1,914  (73.8)| 3,548 (100.2)| 16,225 (208.9)| 9,170 (159.3)| 4,086 (107.4)|15,864 (206.7)|10,349 (168.9)| 3,228  (95.6)| 1,321   (61.4)|    966 (52.5)
1998 ....|52,381 (346.6)| 1,870  (73.0)| 3,613 (101.1)| 16,442 (210.2)| 9,375 (161.0)| 4,347 (110.7)|16,733 (212.0)|11,058 (174.3)| 3,414  (98.3)| 1,264   (60.1)|    998 (53.4)
1999 ....|53,062 (348.2)| 1,993  (75.3)| 3,295  (96.6)| 16,589 (211.1)| 9,684 (163.6)| 4,359 (110.9)|17,142 (214.4)|11,142 (174.9)| 3,725 (102.6)| 1,267   (60.1)|  1,008 (53.7)
2000 ....|54,065 (350.7)| 1,968  (74.9)| 3,354  (97.5)| 16,834 (212.6)| 9,792 (164.4)| 4,729 (115.4)|17,387 (215.8)|11,395 (176.8)| 3,680 (102.0)| 1,274   (60.3)|  1,038 (54.5)
2001 ....|54,013 (350.5)| 2,207  (79.2)| 3,503  (99.6)| 16,314 (209.5)| 9,494 (162.0)| 4,714 (115.2)|17,780 (218.0)|11,479 (177.4)| 3,961 (105.8)| 1,298   (60.9)|  1,041 (54.5)
         |              |              |              |               |              |              |              |              |              |               |
  Women  |              |              |              |               |              |              |              |              |              |               |
1990 ....|28,636 (234.7)|   847  (45.6)| 1,861  (67.3)| 11,810 (162.8)| 6,462 (123.1)|   ---  (---) | 7,655 (133.3)| 4,704 (105.8)|  ---   (---) |   ---   (---) |    --- (---)
1991 ....|29,474 (237.1)|   733  (42.4)| 1,819  (66.5)| 10,959 (157.4)| 5,633 (115.3)| 2,523  (78.1)| 7,807 (134.6)| 5,263 (111.6)| 2,025  (70.1)|   312   (27.7)|    206 (22.5)
1992 ....|30,346 (239.6)|   734  (42.4)| 1,659  (63.6)| 11,039 (157.9)| 5,904 (117.9)| 2,655  (80.1)| 8,355 (138.9)| 5,604 (115.0)| 2,192  (72.9)|   334   (28.7)|    225 (23.5)
1993 ....|30,683 (240.5)|   765  (43.3)| 1,576  (62.0)| 10,513 (154.4)| 6,279 (121.4)| 3,067  (86.0)| 8,483 (139.9)| 5,735 (116.3)| 2,166  (72.5)|   323   (28.2)|    260 (25.3)
1994 ....|31,379 (242.4)|   696  (41.3)| 1,675  (63.9)| 10,785 (156.2)| 6,256 (121.2)| 3,210  (87.9)| 8,756 (142.0)| 5,901 (117.9)| 2,174  (72.6)|   398   (31.3)|    283 (26.4)
1995 ....|32,673 (275.7)|   774  (45.2)| 1,763  (68.2)| 11,064 (167.7)| 6,329 (128.0)| 3,336  (93.5)| 9,406 (155.1)| 6,434 (129.1)| 2,268  (77.2)|   421   (33.4)|    283 (27.4)
1996 ....|33,549 (289.6)|   750  (46.3)| 1,751  (70.6)| 11,363 (176.6)| 6,582 (135.7)| 3,468  (99.1)| 9,636 (163.2)| 6,689 (136.7)| 2,213  (79.3)|   413   (34.4)|    322 (30.4)
1997 ....|34,624 (293.5)|   791  (47.6)| 1,765  (70.9)| 11,475 (177.4)| 6,628 (136.1)| 3,538 (100.1)|10,427 (169.5)| 7,173 (141.5)| 2,448  (83.4)|   488   (37.4)|    318 (30.2)
1998 ....|35,628 (297.1)|   814  (48.3)| 1,878  (73.1)| 11,613 (178.4)| 7,070 (140.5)| 3,527  (99.9)|10,725 (171.8)| 7,288 (142.6)| 2,639  (86.6)|   468   (36.6)|    329 (30.7)
1999 ....|37,091 (302.1)|   886  (50.3)| 1,883  (73.2)| 11,824 (180.0)| 7,453 (144.1)| 3,804 (103.7)|11,242 (175.7)| 7,607 (145.6)| 2,818  (89.4)|   470   (36.7)|    346 (31.5)
2000 ....|37,762 (304.4)|   930  (51.6)| 1,950  (74.5)| 11,789 (179.7)| 7,391 (143.5)| 4,118 (107.8)|11,584 (178.2)| 7,899 (148.2)| 2,823  (89.5)|   509   (38.2)|    353 (31.8)
2001 ....|38,228 (305.9)|   927  (51.5)| 1,869  (73.0)| 11,690 (179.0)| 7,283 (142.5)| 4,190 (108.8)|12,269 (183.2)| 8,257 (151.5)| 3,089  (93.6)|   531   (39.0)|    392 (33.5)
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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," selected years; and Series P-60, "Money Income in the United States," selected years. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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