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Historical Income Tables - People
Table P-25. Years of School Completed--Full-Time, Year-Round 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-24 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 45,074 $29,987 $46,116 28,649 $20,556 $31,613
1989 45,296 29,556 47,719 28,055 19,752 31,890
1988 44,000 28,180 47,460 27,952 18,509 31,173
1987 21/ 42,723 27,200 47,491 26,453 17,639 30,797
Elementary, Less than 9 Years
1990 2,250 $16,840 $25,898 857 $11,831 $18,195
1989 2,425 17,204 27,776 906 11,712 18,909
1988 2,492 16,743 28,198 940 10,932 18,411
1987 21/ 2,560 16,250 28,372 945 10,459 18,261
High School, 1 to 3 Years
1990 3,325 $20,452 $31,453 1,854 $13,858 $21,312
1989 3,326 20,623 33,296 1,830 13,222 21,347
1988 3,510 20,330 34,239 1,875 12,528 21,099
1987 21/ 3,649 20,457 35,718 1,867 12,387 21,628
High School, 4 Years
1990 16,658 $25,872 $39,788 11,801 $17,412 $26,778
1989 16,661 25,859 41,750 11,764 16,865 27,229
1988 16,017 25,372 42,731 11,819 16,108 27,129
1987 21/ 15,614 24,716 43,154 11,367 15,915 27,787
College, 1 to 3 Years
1990 9,324 $30,865 $47,467 6,474 $21,324 $32,794
1989 9,226 30,406 49,091 6,230 20,764 33,524
1988 8,544 29,256 49,272 6,001 19,987 33,662
1987 21/ 8,052 28,574 49,890 5,708 18,937 33,064
College, 4 Years or More
1990 13,516 $41,131 $63,254 7,662 $28,992 $44,586
1989 13,658 40,604 65,556 7,325 27,428 44,283
1988 13,437 38,296 64,497 7,316 25,929 43,669
1987 21/ 12,847 36,814 64,277 6,566 24,658 43,053
--College, 4 Years
1990 7,654 $37,283 $57,337 4,702 $26,828 $41,258
1989 7,578 36,845 59,487 4,470 25,908 41,829
1988 7,398 35,587 59,935 4,357 24,207 40,769
1987 21/ 7,090 33,890 59,171 3,995 22,207 38,773
College, 5 Years or More
1990 5,862 $47,131 $72,482 2,960 $31,969 $49,164
1989 6,080 45,137 72,875 2,855 30,903 49,894
1988 6,039 41,721 70,266 2,960 28,806 48,515
1987 21/ 5,758 40,732 71,118 2,571 28,104 49,069
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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
