Current Population Survey (CPS)

Topcoding of Usual Hourly Earnings

The variable for usual hourly earnings is topcoded based on an individual’s usual hours worked variable, if the individual’s edited usual weekly earnings variable is $999. The topcode is computed such that the product of usual hours times usual hourly wage does not exceed an annualized wage of $150,000 ($2885.00 per week). Below is a list of the appropriate topcode

Hours	Topcode
1	None
2	None
3	None
4	None
5	None
6	None
7	None
8	None
9	None
10	None
11	None
12	None
13	None
14	None
15	None
16	None
17	None
18	None
19	None
20	None
21	None
22	None
23	None
24	None
25	None
26	None
27	None
28	None
29	$99.48
30	$96.17
31	$93.06
32	$90.16
33	$87.42
34	$84.85
35	$82.43
36	$80.14
37	$77.97
38	$75.92
39	$73.97
40	$72.13
41	$70.37
42	$68.69
43	$67.09
44	$65.57
45	$64.11
46	$62.72
47	$61.38
48	$60.10
49	$58.88
50	$57.70
51	$56.57
52	$55.48
53	$54.43
54	$53.43
55	$52.45
56	$51.52
57	$50.61
58	$49.74
59	$48.90
60	$48.08
61	$47.30
62	$46.53
63	$45.79
64	$45.08
65	$44.38
66	$43.71
67	$43.06
68	$42.43
69	$41.81
70	$41.21
71	$40.63
72	$40.07
73	$39.52
74	$38.99
75	$38.47
76	$37.96
77	$37.47
78	$36.99
79	$36.52
80	$36.06
81	$35.62
82	$35.18
83	$34.76
84	$34.35
85	$33.94
86	$33.55
87	$33.16
88	$32.78
89	$32.42
90	$32.06
91	$31.70
92	$31.36
93	$31.02
94	$30.69
95	$30.37
96	$30.05
97	$29.74
98	$29.44
99	$29.14

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