Income

TABLE 1. Employment, Work Experience, and Earnings by Age and Education: Civilian Noninstitutional Population: Massachusett: Males

(Data from the 2000 Census. Workers who worked 50 weeks or more and 35 or more hours per week in 1999 were classified as year-round full-time (YRFT) workers. The relative earnings of a given group equals the median earnings of the group divided by $32,717, the median earnings of US YRFT workers aged 21 to 64, times 100)

                                       Total                                     Worked year-round full-time in 1999
                                                            Employed                                           Relative
                                             Perc.                                                 Median      earnings
                                  Number     dist.       Number   Percent      Number   Percent  earnings  (US Med=100)

21 to 64 years                 1,784,835     100.0    1,473,305      82.5   1,223,400      68.5   $43,853         134.0
 Not a high school graduate      159,015       8.9       94,615      59.5      72,335      45.5   $28,207          86.2
 High school graduate            466,580      26.1      374,040      80.2     314,410      67.4   $35,965         109.9
 Some college                    447,535      25.1      372,960      83.3     302,985      67.7   $41,584         127.1
 Bachelor degree                 392,885      22.0      352,400      89.7     298,140      75.9   $54,300         166.0
 Advanced degree                 264,015      14.8      241,380      91.4     204,730      77.5   $70,592         215.8

21 to 24 years                   151,730     100.0      110,435      72.8      58,385      38.5   $24,930          76.2
 Not a high school graduate       12,460       8.2        7,705      61.8       4,360      35.0   $20,275          62.0
 High school graduate             41,625      27.4       32,275      77.5      21,865      52.5   $22,579          69.0
 Some college                     56,470      37.2       38,150      67.6      16,905      29.9   $24,677          75.4
 Bachelor degree                  33,700      22.2       26,995      80.1      12,400      36.8   $31,614          96.6
 Advanced degree                   2,555       1.7        1,985      77.8         860      33.7   $31,719          96.9
25 to 34 years                   440,835     100.0      378,070      85.8     313,060      71.0   $38,024         116.2
 Not a high school graduate       32,695       7.4       21,485      65.7      15,695      48.0   $25,296          77.3
 High school graduate            115,590      26.2       97,115      84.0      81,600      70.6   $32,088          98.1
 Some college                    102,000      23.1       89,825      88.1      74,495      73.0   $36,225         110.7
 Bachelor degree                 121,795      27.6      110,570      90.8      94,590      77.7   $45,862         140.2
 Advanced degree                  55,025      12.5       49,060      89.2      38,780      70.5   $52,349         160.0
35 to 44 years                   518,020     100.0      449,180      86.7     393,865      76.0   $47,488         145.1
 Not a high school graduate       39,980       7.7       24,865      62.2      19,910      49.8   $28,812          88.1
 High school graduate            145,145      28.0      121,215      83.5     105,005      72.3   $37,954         116.0
 Some college                    127,570      24.6      113,275      88.8      99,390      77.9   $44,725         136.7
 Bachelor degree                 113,300      21.9      106,345      93.9      95,795      84.5   $62,499         191.0
 Advanced degree                  75,385      14.6       71,390      94.7      63,330      84.0   $75,697         231.4
45 to 54 years                   418,490     100.0      357,640      85.5     310,945      74.3   $50,804         155.3
 Not a high school graduate       36,030       8.6       21,730      60.3      17,195      47.7   $30,729          93.9
 High school graduate             96,340      23.0       78,630      81.6      68,510      71.1   $40,160         122.7
 Some college                    106,410      25.4       92,355      86.8      79,930      75.1   $46,792         143.0
 Bachelor degree                  86,200      20.6       79,070      91.7      70,500      81.8   $61,830         189.0
 Advanced degree                  82,585      19.7       78,250      94.8      68,425      82.9   $76,094         232.6
55 to 64 years                   255,760     100.0      177,980      69.6     147,140      57.5   $48,558         148.4
 Not a high school graduate       37,845      14.8       18,835      49.8      15,175      40.1   $31,411          96.0
 High school graduate             67,880      26.5       44,805      66.0      37,425      55.1   $39,480         120.7
 Some college                     55,085      21.5       39,360      71.5      32,265      58.6   $46,362         141.7
 Bachelor degree                  37,890      14.8       29,420      77.6      24,860      65.6   $61,665         188.5
 Advanced degree                  48,470      19.0       40,690      84.0      33,330      68.8   $74,857         228.8

ADDENDUM
65 to 74 years                   187,850     100.0       50,690      27.0      21,660      11.5   $43,303         132.4
 Not a high school graduate       41,790      22.2        6,990      16.7       2,740       6.6   $28,266          86.4
 High school graduate             52,925      28.2       12,300      23.2       4,665       8.8   $32,462          99.2
 Some college                     33,680      17.9        9,295      27.6       3,560      10.6   $40,978         125.2
 Bachelor degree                  26,365      14.0        9,285      35.2       4,345      16.5   $53,884         164.7
 Advanced degree                  25,300      13.5       11,285      44.6       5,715      22.6   $73,309         224.1