Table 11. Occupation of Longest Job in 1995 of Year-Round, Full-Time Workers 25 Years Old and Over, by Total Money Median Earnings, Educational Attainment, Sex, and Race Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release date: December 9, 1997 (Numbers in thousands. Persons as of March 1996. For meaning of symbols, see text) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Not a | | Some college | Bachelor's | | high school | High School | or associate | degree | Total | graduate | graduate | degree | or more Occupation of longest job |--------------------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------ | Male Female | Male Female | Male Female | Male Female | Male Female --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL RACES Executive, administrative, and managerial workers.......... 8,458 5,742 241 114 1,443 1,368 2,148 1,885 4,626 2,375 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 47,346 31,090 33,274 17,501 37,200 25,511 41,845 30,030 53,933 37,401 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 620 251 2,034 1,486 785 540 660 577 1,396 855 Professional specialty workers............................. 6,690 5,866 25 37 311 362 1,073 1,040 5,282 4,427 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 48,025 34,176 22,912 14,730 38,177 19,523 38,723 32,148 51,080 35,848 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 809 532 6,122 1,678 1,858 942 1,197 795 389 396 Technical and related support workers...................... 1,358 1,425 26 21 226 306 616 703 490 394 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 37,153 27,168 36,032 20,624 35,141 24,208 35,478 26,156 41,234 35,288 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 935 436 970 3,211 2,196 1,333 1,451 413 868 1,205 Sales workers.............................................. 5,652 3,303 267 258 1,487 1,358 1,690 974 2,207 713 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 36,237 21,477 21,347 14,861 30,396 19,154 33,821 22,607 47,039 30,378 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 400 322 1,367 954 660 570 1,421 634 1,397 1,353 Administrative support workers, including clerical......... 2,768 8,624 138 270 948 3,898 1,067 3,404 615 1,053 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 30,099 21,595 21,768 18,114 29,230 21,090 28,504 22,061 35,305 22,934 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 618 140 1,843 1,054 1,402 201 1,415 223 1,868 701 Private household workers.................................. 9 218 (S) 91 (S) 75 6 34 - 18 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 11,686 11,210 (S) 10,700 (S) 10,373 12,086 13,446 - 19,692 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,839 808 (S) 982 (S) 1,107 1,630 2,958 - 1,812 Protective service workers................................. 1,439 216 71 6 463 92 611 89 294 29 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 33,724 25,399 16,748 21,342 31,297 22,158 34,229 27,185 41,672 42,415 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,003 1,401 730 847 988 1,700 1,412 2,410 2,632 4,895 Service workers, except private household.................. 2,385 3,625 656 802 924 1,696 654 934 151 192 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 19,171 14,488 16,814 12,282 18,600 14,207 21,067 15,876 22,167 18,733 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 566 282 557 263 919 387 669 487 2,337 1,309 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers..................... 1,593 271 500 51 637 127 292 57 164 36 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 18,151 11,777 14,835 11,683 18,493 11,541 22,475 12,049 23,343 14,108 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 660 673 720 741 1,022 1,031 2,046 3,760 4,213 4,554 Precision production, craft, and repair workers............ 8,830 755 1,349 140 4,219 388 2,630 154 632 73 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 31,260 21,731 23,074 15,791 31,251 21,520 35,114 23,120 35,576 36,140 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 210 710 659 879 302 669 600 1,518 1,033 2,874 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............. 3,602 1,931 836 617 1,829 1,025 759 240 179 49 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 25,629 16,759 20,445 14,851 27,053 17,332 29,804 20,004 24,037 24,565 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 346 282 379 491 436 414 1,049 1,192 1,657 3,631 Transportation and material moving workers................. 3,337 220 705 21 1,731 118 730 73 172 8 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 27,507 20,058 23,916 20,776 27,946 16,724 31,525 21,047 26,424 21,914 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 577 1,304 1,151 1,855 784 1,328 583 916 2,615 12,988 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers........ 1,847 439 462 105 945 242 354 56 85 36 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 20,556 15,078 17,267 13,958 20,671 14,832 22,498 17,054 30,161 17,831 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 525 608 657 1,074 707 710 1,170 2,045 2,096 3,476 ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER Executive, administrative, and managerial workers.......... 266 185 9 (S) 32 29 45 53 180 97 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 41,521 33,552 9,908 (S) 40,370 30,016 31,783 39,677 46,443 34,800 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 2,437 2,323 17,872 (S) 12,769 5,833 3,049 3,146 9,347 4,184 Professional specialty workers............................. 393 256 - - (S) (S) 19 41 372 211 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 50,409 36,852 - - (S) (S) 41,141 31,568 50,652 38,022 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,780 1,536 - - (S) (S) 9,629 6,317 1,674 2,400 Technical and related support workers...................... 83 88 (S) (S) (S) (S) 18 27 56 56 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 33,651 32,772 (S) (S) (S) (S) 36,700 26,379 32,191 35,967 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 2,964 3,166 (S) (S) (S) (S) 7,934 7,904 5,011 3,394 Sales workers.............................................. 208 126 16 6 36 44 38 30 118 47 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 32,074 20,630 35,983 12,321 32,567 18,515 20,650 20,363 35,406 24,758 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 2,335 2,714 2,861 3,293 3,536 2,850 1,836 5,628 4,719 4,203 Administrative support workers, including clerical......... 173 245 9 (S) 41 49 57 99 66 92 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 30,586 25,310 19,164 (S) 27,346 21,943 32,306 23,804 35,265 26,810 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 3,637 1,146 8,144 (S) 4,724 1,908 6,929 1,878 4,521 1,590 Private household workers.................................. - 11 - (S) - (S) - - - (S) Median earnings...............................(dollars)... - 11,592 - (S) - (S) - - - (S) Standard error...............................(dollars)... - 9,387 - (S) - (S) - - - (S) Protective service workers................................. 18 (S) - - (S) (S) (S) (S) 8 - Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 14,861 (S) - - (S) (S) (S) (S) 13,468 - Standard error...............................(dollars)... 17,240 (S) - - (S) (S) (S) (S) 1,468 - Service workers, except private household.................. 119 147 31 43 46 60 26 28 16 15 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 19,093 15,521 15,943 12,398 20,475 15,869 25,101 21,701 19,473 13,702 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,840 1,123 2,126 1,322 2,243 1,863 6,947 3,413 1,799 6,127 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers..................... 39 (S) (S) (S) 19 - 10 (S) (S) - Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 19,115 (S) (S) (S) 20,062 - 19,434 (S) (S) - Standard error...............................(dollars)... 5,230 (S) (S) (S) 5,212 - 8,417 (S) (S) - Precision production, craft, and repair workers............ 216 50 50 12 59 28 54 (S) 53 9 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 26,624 16,957 20,005 16,772 22,558 20,097 32,567 (S) 33,712 12,358 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 2,390 2,208 2,755 2,765 2,380 2,785 1,685 (S) 1,791 5,849 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............. 113 117 29 33 35 37 32 36 16 11 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 20,842 16,886 20,102 15,286 20,506 17,706 21,919 20,165 25,056 16,638 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 1,067 1,527 2,441 2,104 2,188 2,447 4,373 2,814 5,596 4,591 Transportation and material moving workers................. 68 - 11 - 26 - 14 - 17 - Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 25,376 - 26,924 - 19,128 - 36,434 - 21,609 - Standard error...............................(dollars)... 2,281 - 5,537 - 5,237 - 10,748 - 1,040 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers........ 49 10 (S) - 14 (S) 19 (S) 11 6 Median earnings...............................(dollars)... 17,992 15,817 (S) - 26,461 (S) 13,931 (S) 31,785 32,746 Standard error...............................(dollars)... 2,972 11,183 (S) - 5,690 (S) 797 (S) 17,996 9,182 WHITE, NOT HISPANIC Executive, administrative, and managerial workers......... 7,410 4,731 175 83 1,272 1,157 1,843 1,540 4,120 1,952 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 49,322 31,298 35,813 16,825 37,690 25,852 43,437 30,039 55,852 38,749 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 810 273 1,706 2,443 964 559 1,437 673 800 1,261 Professional specialty workers............................ 5,641 4,796 10 25 256 280 894 781 4,481 3,710 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 49,614 34,536 24,327 14,226 39,967 19,798 39,341 33,177 51,644 35,939 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 807 560 4,212 1,404 1,981 1,038 1,027 1,138 407 458 Technical and related support workers..................... 1,049 1,048 17 13 186 232 489 529 357 274 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 38,868 27,296 35,906 20,981 35,509 24,273 36,862 26,484 42,226 34,932 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 1,363 680 6,140 2,432 2,202 1,479 1,944 481 2,361 1,348 Sales workers............................................. 4,878 2,656 177 182 1,272 1,135 1,462 757 1,966 582 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 37,304 22,109 22,330 15,255 31,131 19,633 35,644 23,559 47,828 31,186 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 601 365 1,905 929 559 593 771 777 1,751 1,015 Administrative support workers, including clerical........ 1,929 6,579 76 177 675 3,196 713 2,466 465 740 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 30,769 21,612 24,127 19,956 30,327 21,002 30,131 22,146 35,645 22,799 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 474 160 2,438 1,440 1,083 233 1,368 251 1,793 709 Private household workers................................. - 93 - 36 - 26 - 20 - 10 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... - 11,044 - 8,856 - 10,039 - 15,157 - 20,021 Standard error..............................(dollars)... - 1,070 - 1,551 - 1,445 - 1,919 - 4,119 Protective service workers................................ 1,098 111 45 (S) 341 43 485 49 227 17 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 35,269 26,688 22,523 (S) 32,222 22,673 35,188 27,244 42,610 43,879 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 1,021 2,419 3,778 (S) 1,454 2,939 1,282 3,119 3,798 5,220 Service workers, except private household................. 1,260 2,201 199 330 528 1,122 423 602 109 147 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 21,053 15,041 19,444 12,243 20,372 14,220 22,434 16,072 25,320 19,574 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 446 312 1,353 534 907 568 1,078 529 2,445 1,255 Farming, fishing, and forestry workers.................... 1,181 235 211 23 550 124 262 53 157 36 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 20,373 11,570 17,389 11,286 18,474 11,578 24,155 11,033 23,349 13,874 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 615 818 1,478 1,209 1,263 1,098 2,089 3,789 4,186 4,310 Precision production, craft, and repair workers........... 7,092 519 819 70 3,509 278 2,238 116 525 54 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 32,245 24,096 25,419 16,911 32,033 22,427 35,718 23,667 36,305 37,051 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 223 1,173 548 3,871 314 1,090 473 1,627 1,148 3,122 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors............. 2,464 1,082 382 280 1,390 645 571 134 121 23 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 27,435 17,918 21,580 16,430 29,018 18,609 30,831 20,620 25,637 24,455 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 581 586 553 598 965 858 691 1,800 2,375 10,767 Transportation and material moving workers................ 2,494 154 479 11 1,335 92 545 44 135 7 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 29,826 20,161 25,499 19,509 30,033 18,065 32,162 20,901 27,873 21,220 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 628 1,197 941 2,253 710 2,221 900 1,459 3,562 13,481 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....... 1,075 273 171 55 607 167 239 35 58 17 Median earnings..............................(dollars)... 22,307 15,521 19,830 13,649 22,169 15,656 23,243 17,888 31,078 21,204 Standard error..............................(dollars)... 696 795 2,028 1,128 900 912 1,236 4,133 4,138 4,534 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------