Earnings, by Highest Degree Earned statistics


		LEVEL OF HIGHEST DEGREE			LEVEL OF HIGHEST DEGREE			LEVEL OF HIGHEST DEGREE

		Not a	High	Some
Characteristic	Total	high	school	college,	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Professional	Doctorate
	persons	school	graduate	no
		graduate	only	degree

1996
MEAN EARNINGS
(dol.)
All persons ¹	26,792	14,013	21,431	22,392	27,780	36,980	47,609	85,322	64,550

Age: 18 to 24 years old	10,173	6,837	11,376	8,852	13,774	16,145	22,770	20,262	19,563
25 to 34 years old	23,956	13,742	20,243	21,422	24,288	31,658	37,033	50,019	40,366
35 to 44 years old	31,949	17,313	23,926	28,347	31,230	42,056	51,184	111,026	62,808
45 to 54 years old	34,914	17,197	25,661	32,761	32,238	44,115	54,508	93,517	75,070
55 to 64 years old	30,949	18,692	24,766	29,065	33,474	45,055	44,443	89,158	68,293
65 years old and over	19,612	10,803	16,443	17,528	16,004	26,442	31,258	58,844	60,885

Sex: Male	33,251	16,748	26,333	28,458	33,881	46,111	58,302	101,730	71,016
Female	19,414	9,790	15,970	16,152	22,429	26,841	34,911	47,959	47,733

White	27,556	14,234	22,154	22,898	28,137	37,711	48,029	85,229	64,608
Male	34,276	17,032	27,467	29,206	34,286	47,016	58,817	100,856	72,542
Female	19,647	9,582	16,196	16,125	22,547	26,916	35,125	48,562	45,202
Black	20,537	12,956	17,072	20,275	26,818	29,666	38,294	(B)	(B)
Male	23,876	14,877	19,514	24,894	33,674	36,026	41,777	(B)	(B)
Female	17,485	10,739	14,473	16,627	22,113	25,577	35,222	(B)	(B)

Hispanic ²	18,262	13,068	18,333	18,903	23,406	30,602	36,633	(B)	(B)
Male	20,312	14,774	20,882	21,705	24,021	35,109	38,539	(B)	(B)
Female	15,310	9,809	14,989	15,699	22,883	25,338	33,390	(B)	(B)

1997
MEAN EARNINGS
(dol.)
All persons ¹	28,106	15,011	22,154	23,937	28,514	38,112	50,162	94,038	72,464

Age: 18 to 24 years old	10,394	6,950	11,221	9,125	14,277	18,026	26,621	5,000	(B)
25 to 34 years old	25,010	14,692	20,373	23,608	26,770	32,431	35,626	52,476	44,282
35 to 44 years old	33,451	17,975	25,613	29,640	30,438	43,830	58,624	109,588	81,400
45 to 54 years old	36,720	19,865	27,133	34,141	33,086	44,523	56,022	115,498	75,426
55 to 64 years old	32,152	19,098	24,829	34,178	32,570	41,874	45,391	95,146	79,498
65 years old and over	20,256	12,051	14,536	15,771	15,694	32,272	29,689	68,056	75,976

Sex: Male	34,705	17,826	27,642	30,057	35,484	46,702	62,145	102,913	81,492
Female	20,570	10,421	16,161	17,475	22,480	28,701	36,483	72,015	51,865

White	28,844	15,358	22,782	24,229	28,867	38,936	50,813	92,612	73,647
Male	35,821	18,246	28,591	30,847	36,222	48,014	63,113	103,490	82,615
Female	20,590	10,290	16,270	16,959	22,122	28,667	36,687	64,618	53,862
Black	21,978	13,110	18,722	23,148	25,220	31,955	37,592	(B)	(B)
Male	25,067	15,461	22,267	25,594	29,561	35,558	40,313	(B)	(B)
Female	19,271	10,337	15,379	21,155	22,793	29,311	35,909	(B)	(B)

Hispanic ²	19,439	13,287	18,528	21,303	25,014	32,955	36,827	(B)	(B)
Male	21,870	14,986	21,593	25,795	29,693	38,130	36,370	(B)	(B)
Female	15,841	9,867	14,635	15,659	20,192	27,407	37,660	(B)	(B)

1998
MEAN EARNINGS
(dol.)
All persons ¹	29,514	16,124	22,895	24,804	29,872	40,478	51,183	95,148	77,445

Age: 18 to 24 years old	11,264	7,737	12,001	9,813	15,931	19,444	23,007	14,045	4,158
25 to 34 years old	26,462	16,262	21,637	23,489	25,978	35,027	40,798	58,079	47,779
35 to 44 years old	34,081	18,532	26,235	30,353	32,429	45,298	53,594	103,418	77,982
45 to 54 years old	37,242	20,800	26,925	35,090	34,606	46,773	56,922	115,697	86,237
55 to 64 years old	35,924	21,096	26,202	26,392	32,063	45,129	53,547	145,699	79,931
65 years old and over	21,588	13,482	13,734	21,880	33,313	29,958	26,154	54,246	65,543

Sex: Male	36,556	19,575	28,307	31,268	36,392	50,056	63,220	109,206	87,426
Female	21,528	10,725	16,906	18,104	24,009	30,119	38,337	62,113	51,189

White	30,515	16,596	23,618	25,442	30,509	41,439	52,475	97,487	79,947
Male	37,933	20,071	29,298	32,294	37,362	51,678	65,421	110,977	89,110
Female	21,799	10,700	17,166	18,083	24,059	30,041	38,428	63,450	54,587
Black	21,909	13,185	18,980	22,105	25,527	32,062	40,610	51,004	(B)
Male	25,080	15,423	22,440	26,743	29,099	35,792	46,729	(B)	(B)
Female	19,161	10,607	15,789	18,346	23,416	29,091	37,425	(B)	(B)

Hispanic ²	20,766	15,069	19,558	20,825	25,478	33,465	46,556	(B)	(B)
Male	23,520	17,447	22,253	24,807	29,627	37,963	54,790	(B)	(B)
Female	16,781	10,503	15,747	16,258	21,705	29,173	35,425	(B)	(B)

1999
MEAN EARNINGS
(dol.)
All persons ¹	30,928	16,053	23,594	25,686	32,468	43,782	52,794	95,488	74,712

Age:
25 to 34 years old	33,084	19,760	26,878	30,515	32,332	42,420	45,930	63,005	65,493
35 to 44 years old	35,823	18,982	26,228	32,100	35,072	48,842	59,892	105,700	70,673
45 to 54 years old	39,285	20,734	27,538	34,775	36,635	53,462	56,651	96,479	86,681
55 to 64 years old	36,410	20,400	26,670	31,998	38,545	47,182	56,078	134,814	85,297
65 years old and over	23,245	12,481	17,165	23,010	28,449	32,974	21,646	82,060	48,205

Sex:
Male	38,134	19,155	28,742	32,005	40,082	55,057	64,533	108,926	82,619
Female	22,818	11,353	17,898	19,327	25,390	31,452	40,429	65,351	54,552

White	32,057	16,474	24,409	26,357	33,212	44,852	53,497	99,858	77,970
Male	39,638	19,632	29,782	33,041	41,111	56,620	65,637	112,944	85,837
Female	23,213	11,255	18,327	19,390	25,679	31,406	40,679	67,998	55,793
Black	22,829	13,672	19,236	22,148	26,424	36,373	43,054	53,969	46,848
Male	26,090	16,013	22,698	25,807	29,532	42,539	47,951	68,693	46,743
Female	20,026	11,372	15,892	19,269	24,187	31,952	39,760	39,109	46,914

Hispanic ²	22,117	15,832	20,978	22,151	29,933	35,014	55,581	78,353	69,942
Male	25,534	17,756	24,739	27,145	38,555	40,889	73,362	109,071	90,474
Female	17,461	12,273	15,952	16,941	22,222	29,317	36,589	45,829	33,407

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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252. Earnings, by Highest Degree Earned