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Table 382. Median annual income of year-round, full-time workers 25 years old and over, by level of education completed and sex: 1989 to 1999

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         |        |   Elementary/secondary      |           College
         |        |_____________________________|_________________________________________________________________
 Sex and |        |  Less  |  9th to   |  High  |  Some   |         |         Bachelor's degree or higher\5\
  year   | Total  |  than  |12th grade,| school |college, |         |_____________________________________________
         |        |  9th   |  no di-   | gradu- |   no    |Associate|Total\5\| Bache- |Master's| Profes- |Doctor-
         |        | grade  | ploma\1\  | ate\2\ |degree\3\|degree\4\|        |lor's\6\|  \4\   |sional\4\| ate\4\
_________|________|________|___________|________|_________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________
    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 ....| 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
1995 ....| 34,551 | 18,354 |    22,185 | 29,510 |  33,883 |  35,201 | 50,481 | 45,266 | 55,216 |  79,667 | 65,336
1996 ....| 35,622 | 17,962 |    22,717 | 30,709 |  34,845 |  37,131 | 51,436 | 45,846 | 60,508 |  85,963 | 71,227
1997 ....| 36,678 | 19,291 |    24,726 | 31,215 |  35,945 |  38,022 | 53,450 | 48,616 | 61,690 |  85,011 | 76,234
1998 ....| 37,906 | 19,380 |    23,958 | 31,477 |  36,934 |  40,274 | 56,524 | 51,405 | 62,244 |  94,737 | 75,078
1999 ....| 40,333 | 20,429 |    25,035 | 33,184 |  39,221 |  41,638 | 60,201 | 52,985 | 66,243 | 100,000 | 81,687
         |        |        |           |        |         |         |        |        |        |         |
  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 ....| 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
1995 ....| 24,875 | 13,577 |    15,825 | 20,463 |  23,997 |  27,311 | 35,259 | 32,051 | 40,263 |  50,000 | 48,141
1996 ....| 25,808 | 14,414 |    16,953 | 21,175 |  25,167 |  28,083 | 36,461 | 33,525 | 41,901 |  57,624 | 56,267
1997 ....| 26,974 | 14,161 |    16,697 | 22,067 |  26,335 |  28,812 | 38,038 | 35,379 | 44,949 |  61,051 | 53,037
1998 ....| 27,956 | 14,467 |    16,482 | 22,780 |  27,420 |  29,924 | 39,786 | 36,559 | 45,283 |  57,565 | 57,796
1999 ....| 28,844 | 15,098 |    17,015 | 23,061 |  27,757 |  30,919 | 41,747 | 37,993 | 48,097 |  59,904 | 60,079
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         |                                        Constant 1999 dollars
         |________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   Men   |        |        |           |        |         |         |        |        |        |         |
1989 ....|$40,931 |$23,586 |   $28,302 |$35,750 | $42,064 |     --- |$56,284 |$51,814 |    --- |     --- |    ---
1990 ....| 39,175 | 22,172 |    26,643 | 33,974 |  40,451 |     --- | 54,392 | 50,016 |    --- |     --- |    ---
1991 ....| 38,669 | 21,556 |    26,179 | 32,756 |  38,730 | $41,365 | 55,213 | 50,036 |$60,835 | $90,512 |$69,951
1992 ....| 38,066 | 20,536 |    25,262 | 32,394 |  38,121 |  39,700 | 54,388 | 49,107 | 59,341 |  90,508 | 68,181
1993 ....| 37,308 | 19,442 |    25,079 | 31,556 |  36,983 |  38,843 | 55,041 | 49,296 | 59,800 |  92,868 | 72,807
1994 ....| 37,592 | 19,709 |    24,785 | 31,518 |  36,287 |  40,238 | 55,340 | 49,084 | 60,142 |  84,322 | 69,609
1995 ....| 37,770 | 20,064 |    24,252 | 32,260 |  37,040 |  38,481 | 55,185 | 49,484 | 60,361 |  87,090 | 71,424
1996 ....| 37,824 | 19,072 |    24,121 | 32,608 |  36,999 |  39,427 | 54,616 | 48,680 | 64,249 |  91,277 | 75,630
1997 ....| 38,072 | 20,024 |    25,666 | 32,401 |  37,311 |  39,467 | 55,481 | 50,464 | 64,035 |  88,242 | 79,131
1998 ....| 38,743 | 19,808 |    24,487 | 32,172 |  37,750 |  41,163 | 57,772 | 52,540 | 63,619 |  96,829 | 76,736
1999 ....| 40,333 | 20,429 |    25,035 | 33,184 |  39,221 |  41,638 | 60,201 | 52,985 | 66,243 | 100,000 | 81,687
         |        |        |           |        |         |         |        |        |        |         |
  Women  |        |        |           |        |         |         |        |        |        |         |
1989 ....| 27,637 | 16,375 |    18,706 | 23,550 |  29,062 |     --- | 38,693 | 35,885 |    --- |     --- |    ---
1990 ....| 27,242 | 15,616 |    18,392 | 23,351 |  28,332 |     --- | 38,721 | 35,713 |    --- |     --- |    ---
1991 ....| 26,963 | 14,759 |    17,681 | 23,040 |  27,085 |  30,580 | 38,298 | 35,569 | 42,750 |  57,175 | 52,968
1992 ....| 27,477 | 15,387 |    17,288 | 23,069 |  27,498 |  30,427 | 38,360 | 36,011 | 42,792 |  54,928 | 54,374
1993 ....| 27,243 | 14,314 |    17,739 | 23,016 |  26,582 |  29,842 | 39,554 | 35,968 | 44,517 |  57,890 | 54,474
1994 ....| 27,428 | 13,973 |    17,012 | 22,902 |  26,433 |  29,161 | 39,770 | 35,682 | 44,356 |  56,899 | 57,466
1995 ....| 27,193 | 14,842 |    17,300 | 22,370 |  26,233 |  29,856 | 38,544 | 35,037 | 44,015 |  54,659 | 52,627
1996 ....| 27,404 | 15,305 |    18,001 | 22,484 |  26,723 |  29,819 | 38,715 | 35,598 | 44,491 |  61,186 | 59,746
1997 ....| 27,999 | 14,699 |    17,332 | 22,906 |  27,336 |  29,907 | 39,484 | 36,724 | 46,657 |  63,371 | 55,053
1998 ....| 28,573 | 14,787 |    16,846 | 23,283 |  28,026 |  30,585 | 40,665 | 37,366 | 46,283 |  58,836 | 59,072
1999 ....| 28,844 | 15,098 |    17,015 | 23,061 |  27,757 |  30,919 | 41,747 | 37,993 | 48,097 |  59,904 | 60,079
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         |                                       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 ....| 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
1995 ....| 48,500 |  1,946 |     3,335 | 15,331 |   8,908 |   3,926 | 15,054 |  9,597 |  3,395 |   1,208 |    853
1996 ....| 49,764 |  2,041 |     3,441 | 15,840 |   9,173 |   3,931 | 15,339 |  9,898 |  3,272 |   1,277 |    893
1997 ....| 50,807 |  1,914 |     3,548 | 16,225 |   9,170 |   4,086 | 15,864 | 10,349 |  3,228 |   1,321 |    966
1998 ....| 52,381 |  1,870 |     3,613 | 16,442 |   9,375 |   4,347 | 16,733 | 11,058 |  3,414 |   1,264 |    998
1999 ....| 53,062 |  1,993 |     3,295 | 16,589 |   9,684 |   4,359 | 17,142 | 11,142 |  3,725 |   1,267 |  1,008
         |        |        |           |        |         |         |        |        |        |         |
  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 ....| 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
1995 ....| 32,673 |    774 |     1,763 | 11,064 |   6,329 |   3,336 |  9,406 |  6,434 |  2,268 |     421 |    283
1996 ....| 33,549 |    750 |     1,751 | 11,363 |   6,582 |   3,468 |  9,636 |  6,689 |  2,213 |     413 |    322
1997 ....| 34,624 |    791 |     1,765 | 11,475 |   6,628 |   3,538 | 10,427 |  7,173 |  2,448 |     488 |    318
1998 ....| 35,628 |    814 |     1,878 | 11,613 |   7,070 |   3,527 | 10,725 |  7,288 |  2,639 |     468 |    329
1999 ....| 37,091 |    886 |     1,883 | 11,824 |   7,453 |   3,804 | 11,242 |  7,607 |  2,818 |     470 |    346
_________|________|________|___________|________|_________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________

---Not available.
\1\Includes 1 to 3 years high school for 1989 and 1990.
\2\Includes 4 years of high school for 1989 and 1990, and equivalency certificates for the other years.
\3\Includes 1 to 3 years of college and associate degrees for 1989 and 1990.
\4\Not reported separately for 1989 and 1990.
\5\Includes 4 or more years of college for 1989 and 1990.
\6\Includes 4 years of college for 1989 and 1990.

NOTE: Data for 1992 and later years are based on 1990 Census counts. 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 April 2001.)


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