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Historical Income Tables - People
Table P-21. Years of School Completed--Workers 25 Years Old and Over
by Median Earnings and Sex: 1987 to 1990
(Workers 25 years old and over as of March of the following year. Earnings
in current and 2007 CPI-U-RS adjusted dollars 28/) Data after 1990 are
not completely comparable due to changes to the educational attainment
questions. See Table P-20 for median earnings after 1990 based on the new
educational attainment questions.
___________________________________________________________________________
Male Female
Years of _____________________________ _____________________________
school Number Median income Number Median income
completed with ___________________ with ___________________
and earnings earnings Current 2007 earnings Current 2007
year (thous.) dollars dollars (thous.) dollars dollars
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TOTAL
1990 59,753 $25,613 $39,390 50,093 $14,893 $22,904
1989 59,073 25,426 41,051 49,256 14,037 22,663
1988 58,016 24,509 41,278 48,316 12,986 21,871
1987 21/ 56,891 23,199 40,505 46,660 12,334 21,535
Elementary, Less than 9 Years
1990 3,879 $12,212 $18,781 2,059 $7,173 $11,031
1989 4,051 12,237 19,757 2,076 6,718 10,846
1988 4,127 12,117 20,407 2,139 6,690 11,267
1987 21/ 4,152 12,108 21,140 2,158 6,408 11,188
High School, 1 to 3 Years
1990 5,365 $16,181 $24,884 3,895 $8,936 $13,742
1989 5,297 16,376 26,440 3,911 8,394 13,552
1988 5,484 15,744 26,516 4,034 7,809 13,152
1987 21/ 5,659 16,257 28,384 4,009 8,087 14,120
High School, 4 Years
1990 22,113 $22,378 $34,415 20,881 $12,412 $19,088
1989 21,805 22,371 36,119 20,949 11,945 19,286
1988 21,207 21,991 37,037 20,662 11,567 19,481
1987 21/ 21,030 21,214 37,039 20,244 11,186 19,531
College, 1 to 3 Years
1990 11,946 $27,308 $41,996 10,987 $16,284 $25,043
1989 11,543 26,697 43,103 10,535 15,820 25,542
1988 11,041 25,744 43,358 9,993 15,235 25,659
1987 21/ 10,486 25,175 43,955 9,766 14,144 24,695
College, 4 Years or More
1990 16,449 $37,230 $57,255 12,270 $23,861 $36,695
1989 16,376 37,060 59,834 11,785 22,776 36,772
1988 16,157 35,623 59,996 11,488 21,209 35,720
1987 21/ 15,564 33,727 58,887 10,482 20,359 35,547
--College, 4 Years
1990 9,156 $35,079 $53,947 7,535 $21,763 $33,469
1989 9,044 34,489 55,683 7,122 21,099 34,065
1988 8,821 32,215 54,256 6,935 19,814 33,370
1987 21/ 8,566 31,266 54,590 6,300 18,583 32,446
College, 5 Years or More
1990 7,294 $41,825 $64,322 4,735 $27,332 $42,033
1989 7,332 41,382 66,812 4,664 26,252 42,385
1988 7,335 39,408 66,370 4,553 24,282 40,895
1987 21/ 6,998 37,287 65,103 4,182 23,092 40,318
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see
www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar08.pdf[PDF].
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Income Surveys Branch
Housing & Household Economic Statistics Division
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C. 20233-8500
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
