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Historical Income Tables - People
Table P-23. Years of School Completed--Workers 25 Years Old and Over
by Mean 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-22 for mean earnings after 1990 based on the new
educational attainment questions.
___________________________________________________________________________
Male Female
Years of _____________________________ _____________________________
school Number Mean earnings Number Mean earnings
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 $30,168 $46,395 50,093 $16,983 $26,118
1989 59,073 30,078 48,562 49,256 16,201 26,157
1988 58,016 28,290 47,645 48,316 15,178 25,563
1987 21/ 56,891 26,948 47,051 46,660 14,407 25,154
Elementary, Less than 9 Years
1990 3,879 $14,914 $22,936 2,059 $8,602 $13,229
1989 4,051 14,581 23,541 2,076 8,164 13,181
1988 4,127 14,659 24,688 2,139 7,558 12,729
1987 21/ 4,152 15,058 26,291 2,158 7,524 13,137
High School, 1 to 3 Years
1990 5,365 $18,180 $27,959 3,895 $10,350 $15,917
1989 5,297 18,199 29,383 3,911 9,706 15,671
1988 5,484 17,823 30,017 4,034 9,093 15,314
1987 21/ 5,659 17,894 31,243 4,009 9,149 15,974
High School, 4 Years
1990 22,113 $24,727 $38,027 20,881 $13,999 $21,529
1989 21,805 24,915 40,226 20,949 13,444 21,706
1988 21,207 23,900 40,252 20,662 12,796 21,551
1987 21/ 21,030 22,624 39,501 20,244 12,321 21,512
College, 1 to 3 Years
1990 11,946 $30,340 $46,659 10,987 $17,188 $26,433
1989 11,543 29,570 47,742 10,535 16,753 27,048
1988 11,041 27,851 46,906 9,993 16,094 27,105
1987 21/ 10,486 26,938 47,033 9,766 15,199 26,537
College, 4 Years or More
1990 16,449 $44,864 $68,995 12,270 $25,388 $39,044
1989 16,376 44,987 72,633 11,785 24,179 39,038
1988 16,157 41,386 69,702 11,488 22,221 37,424
1987 21/ 15,564 39,263 68,553 10,482 21,127 36,887
--College, 4 Years
1990 9,156 $40,596 $62,432 7,535 $22,869 $35,170
1989 9,044 40,389 65,209 7,122 22,021 35,554
1988 8,821 37,400 62,988 6,935 20,146 33,930
1987 21/ 8,566 35,737 62,396 6,300 19,098 33,345
--College, 5 Years or More
1990 7,294 $50,221 $77,234 4,735 $29,398 $45,211
1989 7,332 50,659 81,790 4,664 27,474 44,358
1988 7,335 46,180 77,775 4,553 25,383 42,750
1987 21/ 6,998 43,579 76,088 4,182 24,184 42,225
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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].
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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
