TABLE 2A.  MONTHLY INCOME, MONTHLY EARNINGS, AND AVERAGE WORK BY EDUCATION, 1996



Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001



People age 18 and over. Earnings apply to employed population only.

Numbers in thousands. Earnings, income in dollars. Months worked of last 4



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|Highest level completed   |Number of| Total  |Earnings|Earnings| Months |

|                          | people  | income |  (FT)  | (All)  | worked |

|--------------------------+---------+--------+--------+--------+--------|

|Elementary                |   14,564|    $860|  $1,563|  $1,271|     1.3|

|Some high school          |   20,572|    $992|  $1,772|  $1,343|     1.9|

|High school graduate      |   62,082|  $1,493|  $2,279|  $1,870|     2.6|

|Some college              |   36,159|  $1,755|  $2,614|  $2,043|     2.9|

|Vocational                |    8,175|  $1,830|  $2,491|  $2,129|     2.9|

|Associate degree          |   11,758|  $2,216|  $2,841|  $2,497|     3.2|

|Bachelor's degree         |   27,378|  $2,909|  $3,767|  $3,314|     3.2|

|Master's degree           |    9,257|  $3,763|  $4,635|  $4,046|     3.3|

|Professional degree       |    2,315|  $6,304|  $7,224|  $7,006|     3.3|

|Doctorate degree          |    1,593|  $5,214|  $6,047|  $5,671|     3.3|

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(FT) refers to full-time workers, (All) refers to all with earnings.

Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel