Table 5C. MONTHLY EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME WORKERS BY EDUCATION AND FIELD OF TRAINING, 1996



Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

Last Revised:  April 13, 2001



Full-time workers age 18 and over with earnings

Monthly earnings in dollars.



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|Field of training             |  Voca-  | Assoc-  |  Bach-  |         |Profess- |         |

|                              | tional  |  iate   |  elors  |Master's |  ional  | Doctor- |

|                              | certif  | degree  | degree  | degree  | degree  |   ate   |

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

|TOTAL                         |   $2,491|   $2,841|   $3,767|   $4,635|   $7,224|   $6,047|

|Business                      |   $2,373|   $2,727|   $3,962|   $5,579|        B|        B|

|Computers                     |   $2,294|   $2,996|   $4,416|   $5,089|        B|        B|

|Engineering                   |   $3,046|   $3,208|   $4,680|   $5,513|        B|        B|

|Liberal arts                  |        B|   $2,586|   $3,455|   $3,460|        B|        B|

|Social science                |        B|   $2,660|   $3,292|   $3,657|   $7,378|   $7,208|

|Natural science               |   $2,412|   $2,783|   $3,645|   $4,427|   $8,481|   $7,397|

|Education                     |        B|   $2,495|   $2,802|   $4,280|        B|        B|

|Vocational studies            |   $2,429|   $3,197|        B|        B|        B|        B|

|Other                         |   $2,578|   $2,804|   $3,808|   $4,045|        B|   $5,324|

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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