Income

TABLE 1. Employment, Work Experience, and Earnings by Age and Education: Civilian Noninstitutional Population: Maryland: Both Sexes

(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                 3,066,740     100.0    2,372,400      77.4   1,847,800      60.3   $37,935         115.9
 Not a high school graduate      277,055       9.0      151,215      54.6     107,050      38.6   $25,058          76.6
 High school graduate            806,225      26.3      590,050      73.2     465,940      57.8   $30,439          93.0
 Some college                    872,790      28.5      699,035      80.1     536,725      61.5   $36,012         110.1
 Bachelor degree                 600,385      19.6      507,855      84.6     397,695      66.2   $47,265         144.5
 Advanced degree                 411,460      13.4      362,145      88.0     293,735      71.4   $61,105         186.8

21 to 24 years                   234,665     100.0      171,575      73.1      92,205      39.3   $22,031          67.3
 Not a high school graduate       21,675       9.2       12,465      57.5       7,085      32.7   $18,301          55.9
 High school graduate             64,460      27.5       46,900      72.8      31,040      48.2   $20,861          63.8
 Some college                     93,125      39.7       68,205      73.2      32,710      35.1   $21,936          67.0
 Bachelor degree                  42,460      18.1       35,330      83.2      16,755      39.5   $27,839          85.1
 Advanced degree                   3,685       1.6        2,905      78.8       1,275      34.6   $28,382          86.7
25 to 34 years                   717,680     100.0      576,595      80.3     450,085      62.7   $32,415          99.1
 Not a high school graduate       56,660       7.9       33,805      59.7      23,080      40.7   $22,616          69.1
 High school graduate            180,350      25.1      137,480      76.2     107,905      59.8   $27,530          84.1
 Some college                    206,530      28.8      171,595      83.1     133,885      64.8   $31,402          96.0
 Bachelor degree                 170,855      23.8      148,180      86.7     120,300      70.4   $38,996         119.2
 Advanced degree                  79,355      11.1       70,060      88.3      53,155      67.0   $43,871         134.1
35 to 44 years                   905,315     100.0      733,455      81.0     590,310      65.2   $40,675         124.3
 Not a high school graduate       68,130       7.5       40,450      59.4      29,300      43.0   $25,676          78.5
 High school graduate            240,805      26.6      188,160      78.1     153,585      63.8   $31,787          97.2
 Some college                    263,405      29.1      219,885      83.5     176,525      67.0   $38,463         117.6
 Bachelor degree                 183,415      20.3      157,205      85.7     126,340      68.9   $53,101         162.3
 Advanced degree                 121,465      13.4      109,055      89.8      90,015      74.1   $62,306         190.4
45 to 54 years                   744,230     100.0      604,880      81.3     494,970      66.5   $44,371         135.6
 Not a high school graduate       59,790       8.0       33,655      56.3      24,920      41.7   $26,371          80.6
 High school graduate            188,315      25.3      143,010      75.9     116,470      61.8   $33,321         101.8
 Some college                    205,920      27.7      172,385      83.7     142,005      69.0   $41,107         125.6
 Bachelor degree                 137,840      18.5      121,355      88.0      99,255      72.0   $55,316         169.1
 Advanced degree                 132,000      17.7      120,975      91.6     101,890      77.2   $66,748         204.0
55 to 64 years                   464,850     100.0      285,895      61.5     220,235      47.4   $41,908         128.1
 Not a high school graduate       70,790      15.2       30,845      43.6      22,675      32.0   $26,899          82.2
 High school graduate            132,295      28.5       74,505      56.3      56,940      43.0   $32,402          99.0
 Some college                    103,810      22.3       66,970      64.5      51,595      49.7   $40,490         123.8
 Bachelor degree                  65,815      14.2       45,780      69.6      35,045      53.3   $56,196         171.8
 Advanced degree                  74,955      16.1       59,150      78.9      47,400      63.2   $68,593         209.7

ADDENDUM
65 to 74 years                   317,880     100.0       67,960      21.4      29,290       9.2   $36,253         110.8
 Not a high school graduate       82,220      25.9       11,290      13.7       4,155       5.1   $22,070          67.5
 High school graduate             94,300      29.7       17,070      18.1       6,625       7.0   $28,614          87.5
 Some college                     56,440      17.8       13,330      23.6       5,910      10.5   $35,386         108.2
 Bachelor degree                  37,835      11.9       10,425      27.6       4,645      12.3   $50,490         154.3
 Advanced degree                  34,025      10.7       13,550      39.8       7,085      20.8   $68,333         208.9