Income

TABLE 1. Employment, Work Experience, and Earnings by Age and Education: Civilian Noninstitutional Population: South Carolina: Females

(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                 1,180,240     100.0      782,030      66.3     544,465      46.1   $24,218          74.0
 Not a high school graduate      160,900      13.6       66,320      41.2      40,255      25.0   $16,613          50.8
 High school graduate            366,015      31.0      234,340      64.0     165,860      45.3   $20,541          62.8
 Some college                    362,545      30.7      264,510      73.0     182,445      50.3   $24,395          74.6
 Bachelor degree                 167,985      14.2      129,215      76.9      91,885      54.7   $31,007          94.8
 Advanced degree                  78,510       6.7       64,510      82.2      48,215      61.4   $39,426         120.5

21 to 24 years                   106,365     100.0       69,725      65.6      34,480      32.4   $17,329          53.0
 Not a high school graduate       12,790      12.0        5,540      43.3       2,535      19.8   $13,854          42.3
 High school graduate             30,180      28.4       18,930      62.7      11,410      37.8   $16,053          49.1
 Some college                     42,865      40.3       29,625      69.1      13,540      31.6   $17,792          54.4
 Bachelor degree                  15,280      14.4       12,635      82.7       5,425      35.5   $23,184          70.9
 Advanced degree                     995       0.9          735      74.0         310      31.0   $22,372          68.4
25 to 34 years                   275,455     100.0      196,290      71.3     138,855      50.4   $23,044          70.4
 Not a high school graduate       27,510      10.0       12,500      45.4       7,015      25.5   $16,256          49.7
 High school graduate             78,560      28.5       52,970      67.4      36,960      47.0   $19,158          58.6
 Some college                     89,840      32.6       68,405      76.1      47,985      53.4   $22,273          68.1
 Bachelor degree                  51,790      18.8       42,075      81.2      32,110      62.0   $28,008          85.6
 Advanced degree                  17,040       6.2       14,620      85.8      10,760      63.2   $31,981          97.7
35 to 44 years                   323,115     100.0      231,625      71.7     167,125      51.7   $24,988          76.4
 Not a high school graduate       35,025      10.8       16,830      48.1      10,570      30.2   $16,732          51.1
 High school graduate             99,375      30.8       69,340      69.8      51,220      51.5   $20,784          63.5
 Some college                    105,250      32.6       81,295      77.2      58,440      55.5   $25,168          76.9
 Bachelor degree                  49,715      15.4       38,945      78.3      28,300      56.9   $33,514         102.4
 Advanced degree                  21,800       6.7       18,500      84.9      13,805      63.3   $38,959         119.1
45 to 54 years                   281,390     100.0      195,645      69.5     145,125      51.6   $26,759          81.8
 Not a high school graduate       39,665      14.1       17,665      44.5      11,675      29.4   $17,128          52.4
 High school graduate             91,030      32.4       61,490      67.5      45,400      49.9   $22,036          67.4
 Some college                     80,170      28.5       60,955      76.0      45,795      57.1   $27,252          83.3
 Bachelor degree                  34,005      12.1       26,860      79.0      20,305      59.7   $35,284         107.8
 Advanced degree                  26,600       9.5       23,060      86.7      18,045      67.8   $41,754         127.6
55 to 64 years                   193,915     100.0       88,750      45.8      58,880      30.4   $24,264          74.2
 Not a high school graduate       45,910      23.7       13,780      30.0       8,470      18.4   $16,800          51.3
 High school graduate             66,875      34.5       31,610      47.3      20,870      31.2   $21,465          65.6
 Some college                     44,415      22.9       24,225      54.5      16,680      37.6   $26,437          80.8
 Bachelor degree                  17,195       8.9        8,695      50.6       5,750      33.4   $35,115         107.3
 Advanced degree                  12,075       6.2        7,590      62.9       5,295      43.9   $42,062         128.6

ADDENDUM
65 to 74 years                   148,710     100.0       20,695      13.9       6,370       4.3   $17,490          53.5
 Not a high school graduate       52,545      35.3        5,295      10.1       1,410       2.7   $13,397          40.9
 High school graduate             46,255      31.1        7,000      15.1       2,260       4.9   $16,663          50.9
 Some college                     26,090      17.5        4,705      18.0       1,530       5.9   $21,629          66.1
 Bachelor degree                  12,280       8.3        1,720      14.0         525       4.3   $20,653          63.1
 Advanced degree                   6,305       4.2        1,330      21.1         430       6.8   $37,112         113.4