TABLE 2C.  MONTHLY EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME WORKERS BY EDUCATION, SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND AGE, 1996



Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001



Full-time workers age 18 and over

Earnings in dollars.



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|Characteristic         |                                      Highest Level Completed                                      |

|                       |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                       |         |         |  High   |         |         | Assoc-  |  Bach-  |         |Profess- | Doctor- |

|                       |  Elem-  |Some high| school  |  Some   |  Voca-  |  iate   | elor's  |Master's |  ional  |   ate   |

|                       | entary  | school  |graduate | college | tional  | degree  | degree  | degree  | degree  | degree  |

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

|TOTAL                  |   $1,563|   $1,772|   $2,279|   $2,614|   $2,491|   $2,841|   $3,767|   $4,635|   $7,224|   $6,047|

|Sex                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|  Men                  |   $1,710|   $2,004|   $2,515|   $2,947|   $2,861|   $3,165|   $4,325|   $5,348|   $7,353|   $6,542|

|  Women                |   $1,178|   $1,321|   $1,907|   $2,146|   $2,039|   $2,439|   $2,944|   $3,607|   $6,643|   $4,712|

|Race and ethnicity     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|  White                |   $1,584|   $1,818|   $2,340|   $2,709|   $2,524|   $2,862|   $3,864|   $4,715|   $7,410|   $6,465|

|   Non-Hispanic        |   $1,944|   $1,876|   $2,394|   $2,767|   $2,543|   $2,881|   $3,913|   $4,721|   $7,500|   $6,539|

|  Black                |   $1,402|   $1,580|   $1,904|   $2,151|   $2,045|   $2,634|   $3,185|   $3,611|        B|        B|

|  Hispanic*            |   $1,373|   $1,640|   $1,862|   $2,130|   $2,275|   $2,710|   $2,832|   $4,389|        B|        B|

|Age                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|  18 to 29 years old   |   $1,235|   $1,380|   $1,766|   $1,813|   $1,972|   $2,206|   $2,575|   $3,019|        B|        B|

|  30 to 49 years old   |   $1,586|   $1,870|   $2,356|   $2,832|   $2,568|   $2,993|   $4,052|   $4,749|   $7,435|   $6,040|

|  50 years old & over  |   $1,668|   $1,951|   $2,620|   $3,023|   $2,780|   $2,907|   $4,189|   $4,840|   $7,749|   $6,262|

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B Base is less than 100,000

* Hispanics may be of any race

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