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Table 375.Median annual income of year-round full-time workers 25 years old and over, by level of education completed and sex: 1989 to 1994

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              |        | Elementary/secondary          |           College
              |        |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------
              |        |   Less   |  9th to   |  High  |   Some   |         |         Bachelor's degree or higher\6\
 Sex and year | Total  |   than   |12th grade,| school | college, |         |----------------------------------------------
              |        |   9th    |  no di-   | gradu- |    no    |Associate| Total  | Bache- |Master's| Profes- | Doctor-
              |        | grade\1\ | ploma\2\  | ate\3\ |degree\4\ |degree\5\|  \6\   |lor's\7\|  \8\   |sional\8\| ate\8\
--------------|--------|----------|-----------|--------|----------|---------|--------|--------|--------|---------|---------
      1       |   2    |    3     |     4     |   5    |    6     |    7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11    |   12
--------------|--------|----------|-----------|--------|----------|---------|--------|--------|--------|---------|---------
              |                                 Current dollars
              |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Men      |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
1989 .........|$30,465 |  $17,555 |   $21,065 |$26,609 |  $31,308 |     --- |$41,892 |$38,565 |    --- |     --- |     ---
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\9\ ......| 32,057 |   17,294 |    21,274 | 27,280 |   32,103 |  33,433 | 45,802 | 41,355 | 49,973 |  76,220 |  57,418
1993 .........| 32,359 |   16,863 |    21,752 | 27,370 |   32,077 |  33,690 | 47,740 | 42,757 | 51,867 |  80,549 |  63,149
1994 .........| 33,440 |   17,532 |    22,048 | 28,037 |   32,279 |  35,794 | 49,228 | 43,663 | 53,500 |  75,009 |  61,921
              |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
    Women     |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
1989 .........| 20,570 |   12,188 |    13,923 | 17,528 |   21,631 |     --- | 28,799 | 26,709 |    --- |     --- |     ---
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\9\ ......| 23,139 |   12,958 |    14,559 | 19,427 |   23,157 |  25,624 | 32,304 | 30,326 | 36,037 |  46,257 |  45,790
1993 .........| 23,629 |   12,415 |    15,386 | 19,963 |   23,056 |  25,883 | 34,307 | 31,197 | 38,612 |  50,211 |  47,248
1994 .........| 24,399 |   12,430 |    15,133 | 20,373 |   23,514 |  25,940 | 35,378 | 31,741 | 39,457 |  50,615 |  51,119
              |========|==========|===========|========|==========|=========|========|========|========|=========|=========
              |                                 Constant 1994 dollars
              |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Men      |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
1989 .........|$36,411 |  $20,981 |   $25,176 |$31,802 |  $37,418 |     --- |$50,068 |$46,091 |    --- |     --- |     ---
1990 .........| 34,848 |   19,723 |    23,701 | 30,222 |   35,983 |     --- | 48,384 | 44,492 |    --- |     --- |     ---
1991 .........| 34,398 |   19,176 |    23,288 | 29,138 |   34,453 | $36,796 | 49,115 | 44,510 |$54,116 | $80,515 | $62,226
1992\9\ ......| 33,862 |   18,268 |    22,472 | 28,816 |   33,911 |  35,316 | 48,381 | 43,684 | 52,787 |  80,512 |  60,651
1993 .........| 33,188 |   17,295 |    22,309 | 28,071 |   32,898 |  34,553 | 48,962 | 43,852 | 53,195 |  82,612 |  64,766
1994 .........| 33,440 |   17,532 |    22,048 | 28,037 |   32,279 |  35,794 | 49,228 | 43,663 | 53,500 |  75,009 |  61,921
              |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
    Women     |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
1989 .........| 24,584 |   14,567 |    16,640 | 20,949 |   25,853 |     --- | 34,419 | 31,922 |    --- |     --- |     ---
1990 .........| 24,234 |   13,891 |    16,361 | 20,772 |   25,203 |     --- | 34,444 | 31,768 |    --- |     --- |     ---
1991 .........| 23,985 |   13,129 |    15,729 | 20,496 |   24,094 |  27,203 | 34,069 | 31,641 | 38,028 |  50,860 |  47,118
1992\9\ ......| 24,442 |   13,688 |    15,379 | 20,521 |   24,461 |  27,067 | 34,123 | 32,034 | 38,066 |  48,862 |  48,368
1993 .........| 24,234 |   12,733 |    15,780 | 20,474 |   23,646 |  26,546 | 35,185 | 31,996 | 39,601 |  51,497 |  48,458
1994 .........| 24,399 |   12,430 |    15,133 | 20,373 |   23,514 |  25,940 | 35,378 | 31,741 | 39,457 |  50,615 |  51,119
              |========|==========|===========|========|==========|=========|========|========|========|=========|=========
              |                                 Number with income (in thousands)
              |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Men      |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
1989 .........| 44,596 |    2,425 |     3,312 | 16,392 |    9,028 |     --- | 13,439 |  7,473 |    --- |     --- |     ---
1990 .........| 44,406 |    2,250 |     3,315 | 16,394 |    9,113 |     --- | 13,334 |  7,569 |    --- |     --- |     ---
1991 .........| 44,199 |    1,807 |     3,083 | 15,025 |    8,034 |   2,899 | 13,350 |  8,456 |  3,073 |   1,147 |     674
1992\9\ ......| 44,752 |    1,815 |     3,009 | 14,722 |    8,067 |   3,203 | 13,937 |  8,719 |  3,178 |   1,295 |     745
1993 .........| 45,873 |    1,790 |     3,083 | 14,604 |    8,493 |   3,557 | 14,346 |  9,178 |  3,131 |   1,231 |     808
1994 .........| 47,566 |    1,895 |     3,057 | 15,109 |    8,783 |   3,735 | 14,987 |  9,636 |  3,225 |   1,258 |     868
              |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
    Women     |        |          |           |        |          |         |        |        |        |         |
1989 .........| 28,056 |      906 |     1,830 | 11,785 |    6,217 |     --- |  7,318 |  4,465 |    --- |     --- |     ---
1990 .........| 28,636 |      847 |     1,861 | 11,810 |    6,462 |     --- |  7,655 |  4,704 |    --- |     --- |     ---
1991 .........| 29,474 |      733 |     1,819 | 10,959 |    5,633 |   2,523 |  7,807 |  5,263 |  2,025 |     312 |     206
1992\9\ ......| 30,346 |      734 |     1,659 | 11,039 |    5,904 |   2,655 |  8,355 |  5,604 |  2,192 |     334 |     225
1993 .........| 30,683 |      765 |     1,576 | 10,513 |    6,279 |   3,067 |  8,483 |  5,735 |  2,166 |     323 |     260
1994 .........| 31,379 |      696 |     1,675 | 10,785 |    6,256 |   3,210 |  8,756 |  5,901 |  2,174 |     398 |     283
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1 Includes fewer than 9 years education for 1989 and 1990.

2 Includes 1 to 3 years high school for 1989 and 1990.

3 Includes 4 years of high school for 1989 and 1990, and equivalency certificates for the other years.

4 Includes 1 to 3 years of college and associate degrees for 1989 and 1990.

5 Not reported separately for 1989 and 1990.

6 Includes 4 or more years of college for 1989 and 1990.

7 Includes 4 years of college for 1989 and 1990.

8 Data not collected in 1989 and 1990.

9 Data are based on 1990 census controls.

---Data not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--Due to rounding, numbers may not add to totals.

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," and "Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash Benefits," various years. (This table was prepared June 1996.)


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